OHIO, USA — A travel ban on "high-profile" vehicles has been declared for the entire portion of the Ohio Turnpike in advance of the upcoming winter storm.
The ban goes into effect Friday, Dec. 23 at 6 a.m. and is expected to expire Sunday, Dec. 25 at 8 a.m.
Until the restriction is lifted, the following vehicles are banned from traveling on the Ohio Turnpike:
- All high-profile (defined as exceeding 7'-6'') tow-behind trailers, campers, boats and enclosed trailers (excluding 5th wheel trailers)
- Commercial trucks towing an empty single 53-foot trailer
- All mobile homes, office trailers and livestock trailers.
- All long combination vehicle (LCV) long double-trailer combinations exceeding 90-feet in length. (Enclosed trailers only, including Conestoga type trailers)
- All LCV triple-trailer combinations.
Not included in the travel ban are self-propelled motor homes, low-profile trailers, fold-down camper trailers, pickup trucks with slide-on camper units, vehicles towing fifth-wheel type trailers, or any other type of trailers towed by passenger vehicles or pickup trucks.
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Commercial vehicles excluded from the travel ban include trucks towing single flatbed, box-type, car hauler or 53-foot trailers, flatbed double-trailer combinations more than 90 feet and any double-trailer combination commercial vehicles less than 90 feet. Buses with 2-axles under 40 feet or 3 or more axles less than 45 feet are also excluded.
Ohio Turnpike officials may expand or reduce the ban depending on current weather conditions.
Questions can be directed toward the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission at 1-440-971-2081.
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