BEREA, Ohio — With strong winds and some snow expected across Northeast Ohio this weekend, a travel ban has been issued for high-profile vehicles on the Ohio Turnpike -- and it’s in effect across the entire 241-mile toll road from 12 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13.
It comes as all of Northeast Ohio is under a weather alert for the windy conditions, which could bring gusts upwards of 60+ mph.
So what vehicles are included in the ban?
“High-profile vehicles are defined as height exceeding 7 feet and 6 inches,” according to the Ohio Turnpike.
Vehicles prohibited during the ban
Here’s a list as provided by the Ohio Turnpike:
- 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
Permitted vehicles
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;
- two-axle buses less than 40 feet; and
- Buses with three or more axles less than 45 feet.
“The travel restriction on the Ohio Turnpike will be continually evaluated throughout the duration of the weather event," according to a press release.
