Route for wide loads

Width and exemption

An annual exemption goes up to 3.50 m wide, only on the green roads of the DWO. Wider, you apply for a one-off exemption per route; up to 4.50 m wide it can be valid for longer than 4 weeks. Wider than 3.50 m, you must check the DWO up to 24 hours before departure for roadworks or events on the route.

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 width. Truckroute then plans only over roads where the RDW itself can grant an exemption for that width. Above 6.00 m wide Truckroute does not plan.

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.
• Route for high loads above 4 metres: Above 4.00 m high you need an exemption and overpasses, bridges and tunnels matter. Truckroute plans where the RDW can grant one for your height.
• Route for long loads: Tractor and semi-trailer 16.50 m, with an indivisible load 22.00 m, with an annual exemption up to 27.50 m. Truckroute plans where your length fits.