Weights and dimensions

¹   The maximum authorised length could be exceeded when vehicles or vehicle combinations are equipped with aerodynamic devices or cabs with improved aerodynamic performance under the provisions of Directive 96/53/EC and Directive 2007/46/EC

²  Maximum authorised length which must not be exceeded when the vehicle is fitted with any removable attachment such as ski-box

³  The weight borne by the drive axle(s) of a motor vehicle or vehicle combination should not be less than 25% of the total laden weight of the motor vehicle or vehicle combination

⁴   For vehicles using alternative fuels or for zero-emission vehicles the maximum authorised weights are increased by the additional weight of the alternative fuel or zero-emission technology with a maximum of 1 tonne and 2 tonnes respectively.

List of road sections where the maximum permitted load on the drive axle is 11.5t regardless of the type of suspension of the vehicle:

1. E70: border with Romania – Ruse – Tsar Kaloyan – Razgrad bypass – Shumen bypass – Devnya – Varna
2. E79: border with Romania – Vidin ferry – Vidin bypass – Dimovo – Ruzhintsi – Belotintsi – Montana – Vratsa – Mezdra – Botevgrad – Gorni Bogrov – Sofia ringroad – Daskalovo – Dupnitsa bypass – Blagoevgrad bypass – Simitli bypass – Kresna – Kulata – border with Greece
3. E80: border with Serbia and Montenegro – Kalotina – Dragoman – Sofia ringroad – Ihtiman bypass – Kostenets – Belovo – Pazardzhik – Plovdiv – Popovitsa – Haskovo bypass – Harmanli – Lyubimets – Svilengrad – Kapitan Andreevo – border with Turkey
4. E83: Byala railway station – Pleven bypass – Lukovit – Koritna – Yablanitsa – Botevgrad
5. E85: Ruse – Byala – Poliski Trambesh – Veliko Tarnovo – Debelets bypass – Dryanovo – Gabrovo – Shipka – Kazanlak – Stara Zagora bypass – Sredets – Dimitrovgrad – Haskovo bypass – Harmanli – Lubimets – Svilengrad -border with Greece
6. E87: border with Romania – Durankulak – Shabla – Kavarna bypass – Balchik – Obrochishte – Kranevo – Zlatni pyasatsi – Sveti Konstantin – Varna – Stari Oryahovo – Obzor – Slanchev bryag bypass – Burgas – Marinka – Zvezdets – Malko Tarnovo – border with Turkey
7. E772: Koritna – Balgarski izvor – Mikre – Sevlievo bypass – Velike Tarnovo – Omurtag bypass – Targovishte bypass – Razgrad bypass – Shumen bypass
8. E773: Popovitsa – Chirpan bypass – Stara Zagora bypass – Nova Zagora – Sliven bypass – Lozenets – Karnobat – Burgas
9. E871: Sofia ringroad – Pernik – Radomir – Kyustendil bypass – Garlyanovo – border with Macedonia
10. I-5: section Haskovo – Konush – Chernoochene – Kardzhali – Momchilovgrad – Makaza – border with Greece
11. I-6: section Sofia – Dolni Bogrov – Pirdop – Rozino – Karlovo – Kalofer bypass – Kazanlak – Sliven bypass
12. II-55: section Debelets – Kilifarevo – Gurkovo – Dolno Panichevo – Nova Zagora
13. III-554: Nova Zagora – Radnevo – Galabovo – Simeonovgrad – Harmanli
14. I-7: Silistra – Shumen
15. I-7: Preslav – E-773
16. II-12: Vidin – border with Serbia
17. II-14: Vidin – Kula – border with Serbia
18. II-18: ringroad Sofia – Northern part
19. II-19: Simitli – Gotse Delchev – border with Greece
20. II-29: Dobrich – Varna
21. II-35: Lovech – Karnare
22. II-35: Sliven – Yambol
23. II-55: Nova Zagora – Svilengrad
24. II-57: Stara Zagora- Radnevo
25. II-62: Kyustendil – Dupnitsa
26. II-63: Pernik – border with Serbia
27. II-73: Shumen – Karnobat
28. II-78: Radnevo – Topolovgrad
29. II-86: Asenovgrad – Smolian
30. II-99: Burgas – Malko Tarnovo
31. Ringroad Plovdiv (II-86)
32. III-662: Elena – Nova Zagora.

Source:   AEBTRI, February 2025