BEREA, Ohio — In anticipation of a major weather event, the Ohio Turnpike has issued a travel restriction for all high-profile vehicles from 6 a.m., Friday, Dec. 23, to 8 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 25. (High-profile vehicles are defined as height exceeding 7 feet, 6 inches.)
The following types of vehicles will be banned from traveling on the Ohio Turnpike until the travel restriction is canceled or expires:
- All high-profile tow-behind trailers, campers, boats, and enclosed trailers. (Fifth wheel trailers are excluded.).
- Commercial trucks towing an empty single 53-foot trailer.
- All mobile homes, office trailers and livestock trailers.
- All long combination vehicles (LCV) that include long double-trailer combinations exceeding 90-feet in length. (Enclosed trailers only, including Conestoga type trailers).
- All LCV triple-trailer combinations.
The following types of vehicles will be permitted to travel on the Ohio Turnpike:
- 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.
- Commercial trucks towing single flatbed or box-type trailers,
- Commercial trucks towing a single 53-foot trailer with cargo/loaded.
- Commercial trucks towing a car hauler trailer.
- Commercial trucks towing flatbed double-trailer combinations more than 90 feet.
- Commercial trucks towing any double-trailer combinations less than 90 feet.
The travel ban for high-profile vehicles – which covers the entire 241-mile Ohio Turnpike – will be continually evaluated throughout the duration of the storm.
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