Pennsylvania once again bans some trucks due to weather

With a winter snowstorm bearing down on the state of Pennsylvania, transportation officials have issued another commercial vehicle travel ban.

The partial commercial vehicle will tentatively go into effect at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, January 29 and will be lifted at 6 p.m, according to Fox 56. The travel ban only impacts trucks with empty trailers, trucks hauling double trailers, motorhomes, and motorcycles.

The commercial vehicle ban is effective on the following roadways:

• Interstate 380 full length from I-81 to I-80;
• I-78 full length from I-81 to the New Jersey state line;
• I-80 from I-180 to the New Jersey state line;
• I-81 from I-83 to the New York state line;
• I-84 full length from I-81 to the New York state line; and
• I-476 (PA Turnpike, Northeast Ext.) from I-78 to Clarks Summit (exit 131)

You can view a map of where the partial truck ban will be put in place below.

Transportation officials may also put speed restrictions in place on some interstates.

This is the second major commercial vehicle ban put in place by Pennsylvania officials in recent weeks. Trucks were banned from most Pennsylvania interstates on January 20 and 21. Hundreds of truck drivers who violated the truck ban were cited by Pennsylvania State Police.