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.
