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Travel ban issued for high-profile vehicles on Ohio Turnpike ahead of winter storm

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The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission has issued a travel ban for certain vehicles ahead of an incoming winter storm this week.

Due to anticipated high winds with rain and snow across northern Ohio, a travel ban will be in effect along the entire 241-mile Ohio Turnpike from 8 a.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025.

The following vehicle types are restricted from the Ohio Turnpike while the travel ban is in place:

  • 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
  • 2-axle buses longer than forty (40) feet
  • Buses with 3 or more axles greater than forty-five (45) feet

The following vehicle types are permitted to travel on the Ohio Turnpike during the travel ban:

  • 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
  • Buses with three or more axles less than 45 feet

The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission will continue to monitor weather conditions and evaluate the travel ban during the storm.

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