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Ohio Turnpike announces ban as Thanksgiving travel begins

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OHIO — The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission has issued a High Wind Travel Ban for the entire 241-mile toll road for high-profile vehicles. 

What You Need To Know

  • The Ohio Turnpike said high-profile vehicles are those with a height exceeding 7 feet and 6 inches

  • The ban begins at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and lasts through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday

  • Wind chills will drop into the 20s on Wednesday

The ban begins at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and lasts through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday. 

Spectrum News 1 meteorologists say there will be an active weather pattern through the rest of the week and into the weekend. Starting on Wednesday, a strong cold front will bring a few more showers, but mostly a blast of cold air, that send temperatures plummeting through the day. After starting off in the 50s, we’ll see afternoon temperatures in the 30s, and wind chills in the 20s. A full forecast can be found here. 

The Ohio Turnpike said high-profile vehicles are those with a height exceeding 7 feet and 6 inches. This means the ban applies to the following vehicles: 

  • 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 40 feet
  • Buses with three or more axles greater than 45 feet

(Ohio Turnpike)

Here are the types of vehicles that will be allowed on the turnpike: 

  • 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

 

Lydia Taylor

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