PA & NY issue truck travel restrictions

On Friday morning, transportation authorities in Pennsylvania and New York issued travel restrictions due to a winter storm.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has issued a travel restriction that reduces speed limits to 45 and allows commercial vehicles to travel in the right lane only on the following roadways:

• I-80 in both directions from the Ohio State Line to mile marker 195
• I-81 in both directions from the New York State Line to I-84

You can click here for the most up to date travel restriction information from PennDOT.

The New York State Thruway Authority has also issued a 45 m.p.h. speed limit reduction on I-90 between exit 27 (Amsterdam) and exit 48A (Pembroke).

You can follow the New York State Thruway Authority on Facebook for the latest information on travel restrictions.