TN driveway construction bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
Constructing a driveway on a Tennessee state highway right-of-way requires a TDOT permit and a bond running to the Department. The amount follows the right-of-way rule — 110% of estimated construction cost, or $5,000, whichever is greater. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard driveway bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with TDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount TDOT required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with TDOT
Submit the executed bond with your driveway permit application to the regional Traffic Engineering office. TDOT often wants the original mailed or delivered — we send it.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your TDOT permit and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the driveway bond actually covers
Tennessee law requires a permit before constructing a driveway on a state highway right-of-way, including modifying or changing the use of an existing driveway. TDOT issues the permit through its regional Traffic Engineering offices and conditions it on a surety bond running to the Department — the same right-of-way framework as its highway entrance permits.
The bond guarantees you build the driveway at the location and in the manner shown on your approved plans, and that you restore to original condition any pavement, shoulders, or other parts of the highway your work damages. The amount is 110% of the estimated construction cost, or $5,000, whichever is greater.
If you deviate from plan or leave the right-of-way damaged, TDOT can recover against the bond to make repairs — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount on your permit at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount on your TDOT permit — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Driveway permit bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount TDOT required and file the same day.