Route for abnormal loads

The RDW decision space

The RDW Digital Exemptions Road Map gives, per road section, up to which height, width, length and weight the RDW itself can grant an exemption. Truckroute reads that decision space every week and gives every road the maximums of the RDW line that runs over it in the same direction.

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.

How to plan a trip

Under Dimensions and weight, choose abnormal load and enter the dimensions of the transport. Above 5.50 m high, 6.00 m wide or 50 m long, Truckroute does not plan: a separate assessment is always needed then. The route planner calculates weight up to 100 tonnes.

The exemption remains binding

Truckroute does not apply for an exemption and does not replace it. The route shows which roads are within the decision space; the exemption and the conditions of the RDW prevail.

Read also

• Route planner for LHVs (longer heavier vehicles): Choose LHV under dimensions and weight and Truckroute plans only over the roads of the RDW LHV network, with at least 25.25 m and 60,000 kg.
• Route for a mobile crane: For the RDW a mobile crane is a self-propelled machine: annual exemption up to 100,000 kg, only on green roads. How to plan the route with Truckroute.
• Route with an ADR tunnel code: Choose the tunnel code of your load and Truckroute avoids every tunnel prohibited for that code, in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.