Pennsylvania to ban trucks on some highways due to winter storm
Officials in Pennsylvania place restrictions on commercial vehicles ahead of a winter storm.
Beginning Friday, January 28 at 5:00 pm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission impose vehicle restrictions on the following roads:
- I-80 from I-380 to the New Jersey state line
- I-78 from I-476 to the New Jersey state line
In addition, Tier 3 Vehicle restrictions are in place on the following roads:
- I-295 from I-95 to the New Jersey state line
Starting at 20:00, Tier 3 Vehicle restrictions apply to the following roads:
- I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) from the New Jersey state line to PA Turnpike
- I-95 from the Delaware state line to New Jersey state line
- I-276 full length
- I-476 from I-95 to I-78
- I-676 full length
The commercial vehicle restriction begins at 5 p.m., Friday, January 28 and will be in place until further notice for the following highways in both directions:
- I-76, entire length from the Walt Whitman Bridge (Pennsylvania border) to Route 42
- I-78, entire length from the Pennsylvania border to I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike)
- I-80, entire length from the Pennsylvania border to I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike)
- I-195, entire length from I-295 to NJ Route 138
- I-280, entire length from I-80 to I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike)
- I-287, entire length from NJ Route 440 to the New York State border
- I-295, entire length from the Delaware Memorial Bridge to the Scudders Falls Bridge (Pennsylvaniaborder)
- I-676, from the Ben Franklin Bridge (Pennsylvania border) to I-76
