Georgia Truck Weight Limits
On the interstate you get the federal 80,000 pounds and nothing more (O.C.G.A. 32-6-26). Off the interstate, HB 189 (2023) lets agricultural, forestry, and mining loads run a 10% variance up to 88,000 pounds within 150 miles of origin, but never in the metro nonattainment counties. Fines are per pound over the limit: 5 cents up to a 93,000 gross, then 10 cents, then 15 cents once you top 100,000 (O.C.G.A. 32-6-27).
How much a truck can weigh in Georgia
On the interstate you get the federal 80,000 pounds and nothing more (O.C.G.A. 32-6-26). Off the interstate, HB 189 (2023) lets agricultural, forestry, and mining loads run a 10% variance up to 88,000 pounds within 150 miles of origin, but never in the metro nonattainment counties. Fines are per pound over the limit: 5 cents up to a 93,000 gross, then 10 cents, then 15 cents once you top 100,000 (O.C.G.A. 32-6-27).
Axles, off-Interstate, and permits
- Off the Interstate: 80,000 lb base; up to 88,000 lb for agricultural, forest, and mining commodities under HB 189 (a 10% variance), within 150 miles of origin, on state and county roads only, and not inside metro nonattainment counties.
- Single axle: 20,000 lb
- Tandem axle: 34,000 lb
- With a permit: 88,000 lb for covered agricultural/forest/mining loads on state and county roads (5-axle, 10% variance, HB 189, 2023). Anything higher needs a case-by-case oversize/overweight permit.
- The 10% variance replaced the old 5% variance (which capped at 84,000). It applies only to listed commodities (timber, poultry/cattle feed, granite, concrete, agricultural products, etc.) and only off the interstate. Local officers certified to weigh can enforce on city and county roads.
Posted bridge and road limits
Bridges and local roads post MUTCD 'WEIGHT LIMIT X TONS' signs (short tons of 2,000 lb, so 15 tons = 30,000 lb). A posted limit overrides the legal max, so a fully legal 80,000 lb truck may not cross a bridge posted below that. Crossing a posted bridge overweight is billed under the separate posted-bridge scale in O.C.G.A. 32-6-27 (5-10 cents/lb), and you can be held liable for structural damage.
What running heavy costs
O.C.G.A. 32-6-27, charged on the largest of the gross, single-axle, or tandem overage: gross up to 93,000 lb = 5 cents/lb over, 93,000 to under 100,000 = 10 cents/lb, 100,000+ = 15 cents/lb. Over a posted bridge: 5 cents/lb up to 7,500 over, 10 cents/lb from 7,500 to under 15,000, 15 cents/lb at 15,000+. A permitted load is charged 125% of the standard rate.
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Reference information for planning, not legal advice. Traffic laws change and this can be out of date, so always confirm the current statute and obey posted signs before you rely on it. Last reviewed July 2026. Source: https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-32/chapter-6/article-2/section-32-6-27/. See our Terms & Disclaimer.
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