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Tennessee highway entrance permit bonds.
From $100.
Before you attach a driveway or entrance to a Tennessee state route, TDOT requires a highway entrance permit — and a bond running to the Department. The amount is 110% of the estimated construction cost, or $5,000, whichever is greater. Premiums are 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and your exact price appears at the application.
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard entrance permit 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 waiting for most applicants — the executed bond generates as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review, which never affects your credit score.
File with TDOT
Submit the executed bond with your highway entrance permit application to the regional Traffic Engineering office. TDOT often wants the original mailed or delivered — we send it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the entrance permit bond actually covers
Under Tennessee law, a permit is required before constructing a driveway or entrance on a state highway right-of-way, including modifying or changing the use of an existing entrance. TDOT issues the permit through its regional Traffic Engineering offices, and the permit is conditioned on a surety bond running to the Department.
The bond guarantees you build the entrance 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 fail to build to 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 price the amount on your permit from $100, with most applicants approved instantly.
You need this bond if you are
One application, 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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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount TDOT required and file the same day.