Ohio Turnpike travel ban for high-profile vehicles during winter storm

2022-06-25 02:29:54 By : Mr. Kevin Shu

As Winter Storm Landon approaches, the Ohio Turnpike has issued a travel ban for all high-profile vehicles across Interstate 80 effective at 7 a.m. Wednesday through Friday at noon. The ban will be evaluated throughout the duration of the storm.

The following types of vehicles are prohibited from traveling the Ohio Turnpike until the ban is canceled:

• All triple-trailer combination commercial vehicles.

• Box-type double-trailer combination commercial vehicles in excess of 90 feet in length.

• Mobile home and office trailers.

• Boat and horse trailers towed by passenger vehicles or pickup trucks.

• High-profile campers and enclosed trailers, which are defined as trailers designed for a person of average height to stand in.

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. 

Also excluded from the ban are commercial trucks towing single flatbed or box-type trailers, flatbed double-trailer combinations in excess of 90 feet and any double-trailer combination commercial vehicles less than 90 feet.