How to Complete and Submit TxDOT Form 1058: Access Driveway Permit

TxDOT Form 1058, the Permit to Construct Access Driveway Facilities on Highway Right of Way, is the application Texas property owners submit to build or rebuild a driveway that connects private land to a state-maintained road. You download it from TxDOT, fill in your property and design details, sketch the proposed driveway, and deliver the package to the TxDOT district office for the county where the property sits. Once the district engineer approves it, the same form is your construction permit.

When You Need a Driveway Permit

Under 43 Texas Administrative Code Section 11.52, a permit is required before you build any new access connection to a state highway, including farm-to-market roads, state loops, and spurs. You also need a new permit when the property’s use, traffic volume, or vehicle types change in a way that triggers stricter access standards than the existing permit allows.¹

Converting a house into a business that draws truck traffic is the classic example: the heavier vehicles and higher volume demand wider geometry and sturdier pavement, so a new permit is required. Simply remodeling a structure does not trigger a new permit unless the district engineer specifically finds that the changes will affect traffic patterns enough to threaten public safety.¹

Where to Get Form 1058

Form 1058 is available on the TxDOT Right-of-Way Forms page at txdot.gov. It is an interactive PDF, so you can either fill in the fields on-screen and print it, or print a blank copy and complete it by hand.² Paper copies are also available at any TxDOT district or area office. If the PDF will not open in your browser, TxDOT’s online forms FAQ walks through the settings that usually fix it.

Applicant and Property Information

The top of the form identifies who you are and where the driveway will go. You provide your legal name as property owner or authorized representative, contact information, the highway number, the county, and a description of the driveway’s location along the highway. Location is typically stated as a distance from the nearest intersection or a recognized landmark.³

TxDOT also requires proof that you have a legal interest in the property. A deed, tax statement, or lease agreement will satisfy this.⁴ Getting the location description precise matters. A vague or incorrect location is one of the fastest ways to stall a review, because the district cannot evaluate a driveway it cannot pin down on its highway plans.

The Design Sketch and Technical Details

The main technical section of the form is labeled “Design of facilities shall be as follows and/or as shown on sketch” and includes space for a drawing of the installation.³ A professional engineering drawing is not required. A clear, dimensioned sketch is acceptable, but the more detail you provide, the fewer revision rounds you will face.

Your sketch and specifications should include:

Driveway throat width, measured at the end of the return radii.
Return radii on both sides where the driveway meets the highway shoulder or curb.
Pavement material (asphalt, concrete, or another approved surface) and pavement thickness.
Drainage structures, including culvert sizes, pipe diameters, ditch flow-line elevations, direction of flow, and any pipe runners.
Distances from the proposed driveway to your property lines and to any intersections, existing driveways, on-ramps, off-ramps, traffic signals, and median openings within 1,000 feet.
All surface utilities and drainage structures on TxDOT right of way near the proposed access point.

These items come from TxDOT’s drawing standards for permit applications.⁵ Individual districts may add requirements of their own, so ask the local office before you finalize the drawing.

Residential or Commercial Classification

Design requirements depend on how TxDOT classifies the driveway. A private residential driveway serves a single dwelling with a passenger car as the design vehicle and fewer than 20 vehicles per day. If the expected design vehicle is a single-unit truck or larger, or if the driveway will handle more than 20 daily trips, it must be built to commercial standards, which mean a wider throat, larger return radii, and heavier pavement.⁶ Misclassifying the driveway at the start usually means redesigning the entire layout later.

Sight Distance

Inadequate sight distance can sink an otherwise strong application. Drivers entering and leaving your driveway need a clear line of sight to oncoming traffic in both directions. Curves, hills, buildings, and vegetation can all obscure that view and give TxDOT grounds to deny, relocate, or restrict the access point. The Federal Highway Administration publishes recommended minimum distances that scale with the road’s operating speed. At 30 mph the recommended distances are 335 feet looking left and 290 feet looking right; at 60 mph they rise to 665 feet left and 575 feet right.⁷ If your location falls short, you may need to trim vegetation, move the driveway, or accept turn restrictions such as right-in/right-out only as a condition of the permit. Check sight lines before you submit.

Submitting the Application

Deliver the completed Form 1058, the design sketch, and your proof of property interest to the TxDOT district office responsible for the county where the property is located.⁸ You can mail the package or drop it off. Walking it in has one practical advantage: you find out immediately if anything is missing.

TxDOT does not publish a guaranteed review timeline. Straightforward residential permits move faster than commercial applications, and the district engineer can require an engineering study to evaluate a proposal, which adds time.¹ If you are working to a development schedule, ask the district office early about current turnaround in your area. Fee structures can vary by district and change over time, so confirm any application fee with the local office before submitting.⁹

Engineering Review and Approval

The district’s engineering review evaluates your proposed design against TxDOT’s access management standards, looking at spacing, materials, geometry, accessibility, drainage and hydraulic impact, utility conflicts, and environmental effects.¹ A field inspection is common, especially for commercial projects or sites with tricky drainage.

If the design meets TxDOT standards and applicable law, the district engineer approves the permit.⁸ The approved Form 1058 comes back to you with any conditions attached, such as turn restrictions, construction timing windows, or drainage changes.⁴ That approved form is your construction authorization. Do not break ground before you have it.

Construction and Ongoing Costs

Once you hold an approved permit, construction must follow the attached design sketch and is subject to TxDOT inspection during the work and afterward. If the district engineer finds that the finished driveway does not match the permitted design, you receive a written notice describing what needs to be corrected and a reasonable deadline to comply.¹⁰

You pay for materials, installation, and ongoing maintenance of both private and commercial driveways.¹⁰

If Your Permit Is Denied

A denial must come in writing, state the reasons, and be signed by the district engineer.¹ That written explanation tells you whether to revise and resubmit or to appeal. The appeal process in 43 TAC Section 11.55 has three tiers, each with a firm filing deadline:

Appeal to the director. File a written petition within 30 days of the denial notice. The petition must state the grounds, include the factual basis, and attach supporting documentation such as drawings, surveys, or photographs. You carry the burden of showing TxDOT incorrectly applied its access standards to your facts. The director has 90 days to issue a written decision, and if none comes within that window, the appeal is automatically granted.
Appeal to the executive director. If the director denies your petition, file a second written petition within 30 days. The executive director then has 30 days to decide.
Board of variance. A final appeal goes to a board of at least three TxDOT officials who were not involved in the original denial. The board holds a meeting, hears your evidence, and issues a written decision within 10 days of that meeting.

Missing a deadline forfeits that level of review.¹¹ The automatic-approval rule at the director level is worth remembering, because it protects you from indefinite delay.

Building Without a Permit

Starting work before approval, or building a driveway without applying at all, creates real exposure. TxDOT can inspect access connections at any time and can order changes or repairs to bring unpermitted work into compliance. Because the permittee pays for all construction and maintenance, any removal or reconstruction the district engineer requires comes out of your pocket.¹⁰ An unpermitted driveway can also complicate property sales, title transfers, and commercial lending, since buyers and lenders expect to see a valid access permit on file.

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Cornell Law Institute. 43 Texas Administrative Code 11.52 – Access Connection Facilities
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Texas Department of Transportation. Right-of-Way Forms
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Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT Form 1058 – Permit to Construct Access Driveway Facilities
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Open Energy Information. Texas Permit to Construct Access Connections to State Highways
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Texas Department of Transportation. Houston District General Instructions to Driveway/Access Permit Applicants
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Texas Department of Transportation. Roadway Design Manual – Chapter 16: Driveways
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Federal Highway Administration. Access Management (Driveways)
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Texas Department of Transportation. Access Management Manual – Section 4: Driveway Permits, Design, and Materials
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Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Evaluation of Costs to Process and Manage Utility and Driveway Permits
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Cornell Law Institute. 43 Texas Administrative Code 11.54 – Construction and Maintenance of Access Connection Facilities
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Cornell Law Institute. 43 Texas Administrative Code 11.55 – Appeal Process