BEREA, Ohio — Heads up!
The Ohio Turnpike has issued a travel ban between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 25 for all high-profile vehicles exceeding 7 feet, 6 inches.
The travel restriction, which spans across the entire 241-mile tole road, comes ahead of a weather event where high winds and rain are expected.
The following vehicles will be prohibited from traveling on the Ohio Turnpike until the travel ban is lifted or has expired:
- 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 vehicles will be permitted to travel on the Ohio Turnpike during the travel restriction:
- 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
- 2-axle buses less than 40 feet
- Buses with 3 or more axles less than 45 feet