Exemption for abnormal loads: annual or one-off

The types at a glance

Navigate with only your permit number

Truckroute is the only navigation app that lets you navigate with just the RDW exemption number from the Digital Exemptions Road Map (DWO). Choose abnormal load, enter the number and Truckroute fetches the permitted route from the RDW itself.

The route follows your exemption 100%: exactly the road sections the RDW permitted, in that order. The navigation never deviates from it, not even for a traffic jam or a closure; you only see those as a warning. If you do leave the route, Truckroute guides you back to the point where you left it.

Truckroute knows every bridge, viaduct, tunnel and level crossing in the Netherlands, more than 15,000 structures. Every structure you pass is shown in the route, with the RDW assessment and the clearance height and weight from the road authority. The exemption itself remains binding.

Annual exemption: green roads only

An annual exemption only applies on the roads that are green in the Digital Exemptions Road Map when you enter your dimensions there. If the route is not completely green, you apply for a one-off exemption. Each type of transport (for example indivisible load, a high cube container or a flatrack) has its own exemption; they are not interchangeable.

One-off exemption: one route

You make a route proposal in the DWO and apply for the exemption. Above 4.40 m high a route survey is mandatory. Wider than 3.50 m: check the DWO up to 24 hours before departure for roadworks, events or checks on the route. The RDW decides on its own roads within 2 days; with other road authorities 95% is issued within 14 days.

How Truckroute helps

Choose abnormal load under Dimensions and weight and enter the dimensions. Truckroute then plans only over roads where the RDW itself can grant an exemption for those dimensions, and shows the route. You apply for the exemption itself at the RDW; it and the DWO are binding.

Read also

• Route for abnormal loads: Enter the dimensions of your transport and Truckroute plans over the roads where the RDW can grant an exemption for them: height, width, length and weight.
• Legal dimensions and weights of a truck: Height 4.00 m, width 2.55 m, tractor and semi-trailer 16.50 m, 50,000 kg: the legal maximums in the Netherlands, and when you need an exemption.
• Plan a route over the RDW exemption roads (DWO): See which roads in the RDW DWO are green for your dimensions, and let Truckroute plan a door-to-door route over them straight away.