Route for heavy loads above 50 tonnes

Weight and exemption

An annual exemption for indivisible loads goes up to 100,000 kg, with axle loads up to 10,000 kg (pendulum axle 12,000 kg), only on the green roads of the DWO. Above 50,000 kg you must show that the vehicle can carry the weight, with a certificate or SERT document. In the port of Rotterdam extra requirements apply between 80,000 and 100,000 kg on a number of overpasses, such as two transport escorts.

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 it in Truckroute

Choose abnormal load and enter the weight together with the other dimensions. Truckroute then only uses roads where the RDW itself can grant an exemption for that weight, and also avoids bridges and roads with a lower weight limit. The route planner calculates up to 100 tonnes; above that it warns you.

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.
• Exemption for abnormal loads: annual or one-off: Annual exemption up to 27.50 m, 3.50 m, 4.25 m and 100,000 kg on the green roads, or a one-off exemption per route. How to choose, and how to plan the route.
• 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.