High-wind travel restrictions ahead for certain commercial vehicles on entire length of Ohio Turnpike
The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission announced travel restrictions for certain types of commercial vehicles due to high winds.
The travel restrictions will begin at 12:01 a.m. (ET) on Friday, March 13, 2026, and last until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday, March 13, 2026.
Officials say that the travel restrictions will be placed across the entire 241-mile toll road for certain high-profile vehicles, which may be more affected by the anticipated high winds.
The following vehicle types are prohibited from travel on the Turnpike while the restrictions are in effect:
- Commercial trucks towing an empty, single 53-foot box-type
- Commercial trucks towing an empty 53-foot tanker-type trailer
- All high-profile (greater than 7 feet 6 inches in height) tow-behind trailers, campers, boats, and enclosed trailers. (This does not include trailers with fifth-wheel type trailers)
- All mobile homes, office trailers and livestock trailers
- Long-combination vehicles (LCV) with double-trailer combinations exceeding 90 feet in length. (Enclosed trailers only, including Conestoga type trailers)
- All LCV triple-trailer combinations
- Two-axle buses longer than 40 feet
- Buses with three or more axles greater than 45 feet
The following vehicle types are permitted to travel on the Ohio Turnpike while restrictions are in place:
- Passenger cars and pickup trucks
- Commercial trucks towing a loaded, single 53-foot trailer
- Commercial trucks towing a loaded tanker trailer
- 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 that are not listed in the restricted vehicles section above
- Commercial trucks towing a single flatbed
- Commercial trucks towing a car hauler trailer
- Commercial trucks towing flatbed double-trailer combinations
- Commercial trucks towing any double-trailer combinations less than 90 feet
- Two-axle buses less than 40 feet; and
- Buses with three or more axles less than 45 feet.