Memorial Day closings and restrictions
Memorial Day 2025 - State Closings and travel restriction
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Last Updated on 05/13/2025
By Susan Roberts
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| State | Date | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Closed 5/26 | NO PERMITTED TRAVEL is allowed from sunset, Saturday, May 24th, until sunrise, Tuesday, May 27th. |
| Arizona | Closed 5/26 | Overdimensional vehicle or load with dimensions greater than 10 feet wide, 14-6 High 10 feet front or rear overhang, or 120 feet long. Transport shall stop on the preceding Friday at noon and may resume the following Tuesday at one-half hour before sunrise, or Tuesday at 3:00 a.m. if night movement is allowed under R17-6-409 More details can be found here |
| Arkansas | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed on 5/24, 5/25, and 5/26 |
| California | Closed 5/26 | Travel is prohibited from 4:00 PM on the Thursday before the Holiday to 12:00 AM (midnight), Friday from 12:00 PM (noon) to 12:00 AM (midnight), Saturday from 12:00 PM (noon) to 12:00 AM (midnight), Sunday from 12:00 PM (noon) to 12:00 AM (midnight). |
| Colorado | Closed 5/26 | An Extra-legal Vehicle or Load, other than an LVC, is prohibited from travel between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. When Independence Day falls on a Saturday an Extra-legal Vehicle or Load is also prohibited from travel on the previous Friday between 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 9:00 p.m., and when Independence Day falls on a Sunday an Extra-legal Vehicle or Load is also prohibited from travel on the following Monday between 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 9:00 p.m. An Extra-legal Vehicle or Load is prohibited from travel between the hours of 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 9:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding Memorial Day and Labor Day. |
| Connecticut | Closed 5/26 | Beginning Friday, May 23, 2025 at 12:00 NOON until daylight, Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
| Delaware | Closed 5/26 | No moves from noon 05/25/2025 through 9 am 05/27/2025 |
| Florida | Closed 5/26 | No travel on 5/26 if over 10 wide 14-6 high or over 80 long. |
| Georgia | Closed 5/26 | Travel is not authorized on 5/26 |
| Idaho | Closed 5/26 | Red-Coded Routes: No travel for any load after 2 p.m. on the day preceding a holiday or holiday weekend. A holiday weekend occurs as three (3) consecutive days, when a designated holiday occurs on a Friday or Monday, or when the designated holiday occurs on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case the preceding Friday or the following Monday shall be included in such three (3) day holiday weekend. Travel may be resumed at dawn on the day following the holiday or holiday weekend. b. Black-Coded Routes and Interstate Routes: Loads in excess of ten (10) feet wide, one hundred (100) feet long or fourteen (14) feet six (6) inches high may not travel after 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding a holiday; travel may be resumed at dawn on the day following the holiday. (4-5-00) c. The following days are designated as holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. (8-25-94) |
| Illinois | Closed 5/26 | Noon on Sunday, May 25th (if travel is normally allowed) through Sunrise Tuesday May 27th |
| Indiana | Closed 5/26 | Permitted vehicles may not operate on state highways from 12:00 noon the last weekday preceding and continuing until 1⁄2 hour before sunrise on the day following: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. • OVERWEIGHT COMMODITY permits are exempt from travel restric- tions. Vehicles with Overweight Commodity Permits are no longer subject to holiday travel restrictions and may travel continuously during holiday periods. Overweight Commodity Permits apply to those vehicles with a permit to haul metal commodities up to 120,000 pounds or agri- cultural commodities up to 97,000 pounds. |
| Iowa | Closed 5/26 | No travel from Noon Friday, May 24 to 30 min before sunrise on Tuesday, May 28 |
| Kansas | Closed 5/26 | No restrictions |
| Kentucky | Closed 5/26 | No restrictions |
| Louisiana | Closed 5/26 | No restrictions |
| Maine | Closed 5/26 | All overlimit loads are prohibited to move on Monday, May 26, 2025 |
| Maryland | Closed 5/26 | No Moves from noon Friday May 23, 2025 until 9:00 am Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
| Massachusetts | Closed 5/26 | No movements are allowed between noon the day preceding and noon the day following these holidays: New Year's Day, Independence Day, and Christmas. Otherwise, travel is allowed on State Highways from Monday morning at 12:01 a.m. to noon on Saturday, and Sunday morning from 12:01 a.m. to noon. |
| Michigan | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed from 12 PM 5/23 until Daybreak on 5/27 Mobile Homes: No travel from 12 PM 5/23 until 12 PM on 5/27 |
| Minnesota | Closed 5/26 | Travel Restricted: 2 PM the day before to 2 AM the day after the holiday. |
| Mississippi | Closed 5/26 | Oversize travel is not allowed beginning 12 Noon Saturday, May 24 and will resume half an hour before sunrise on Tuesday May 27. |
| Missouri | Closed 5/26 | No travel from noon May 23 through 30 minutes before sunrise May 27 |
| Montana | Closed 5/26 | Holiday and holiday weekend travel on non-interstate highways is allowed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for loads up to 10 feet wide and/or 15 feet 6 inches high. Loads exceeding 10 feet wide and/or 15 feet 6 inches high, up to 12 feet 6 inches wide and/or 15 feet 6 inches high may travel during daylight hours only. Loads exceeding 12 feet 6 inches wide and/or 15 feet 6 inches high cannot travel on Holiday or Holiday Weekends. More info can be found here |
| Nebraska | Closed 5/26 | No travel from noon May 23 through sunrise May 27 |
| Nevada | Closed 5/26 | It depends on sizes and routes. See here |
| New Hampshire | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed on 5/26 |
| New Jersey | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed on 5/26 |
| New Mexico | Closed 5/26 | Holiday” means 12:01 am until 11:59 pm on the calendar day of any of the following holidays: (1) New year's day; (2) Memorial day; (3) Independence day; (4) Labor day; (5) Thanksgiving day; (6) Christmas day; and (7) any other holiday that may be designated by the department; |
| New York | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed from 12 PM 5/23 until 1/2 hr before sunrise on 5/27 |
| New York Thruway | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed from 12 PM 5/23 until 1/2 hr before sunrise on 5/27 |
| New York City | Closed 5/26 | TBA |
| North Carolina | Closed 5/26 | No restrictions |
| North Dakota | Closed 5/26 | Permitted movements exceeding 16 feet in width, may not travel from noon on 5/25 until sunrise 5/28. |
| Ohio | Closed 5/26 | No travel from 12:00 NOON on MAY 23 to SUNRISE on MAY 27, 2025 |
| Okalahoma | Closed 5/26 | No travel on 5/26 |
| Oregon | Closed 5/26 | |
| Pennsylvania | Closed 5/26 | No travel from noon 5/23 until sunrise 5/27 |
| Pennsylvania Turnpike | Closed 5/26 | No travel from From 3:00 P.M., local time, Thursday, May 22 to 11:00 P.M., local time, Monday, May 26, 2025. |
| Rhode Island | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed from sunset 5/23 until sunrise on 5/27 |
| South Carolina | Closed 5/26 | No travel on 5/26 |
| South Dakota | Open | No restrictions |
| Tennessee | Closed 5/26 | NO ESCORTED TRAVEL allowed after twelve o'clock (12:00 PM) noon on the preceding Friday May 23rd. through Memorial Day May 26th. • Oversized/Overweight loads NOT requiring escorts for movement are allowed continuous travel with normal travel conditions as authorized. • No travel on May 26th for Site-built houses and House boats. |
| Texas | Closed 5/26 | The movement of loads exceeding 14-feet wide, 16-feet high or 110-feet long and all manufactured housing is suspended on 5/30 unless an exception is granted by TxDMV. |
| Utah | Closed 5/26 | Travel is prohibited for loads more than 10 feet wide, 105 feet overall length, and 14 feet 6 inches in height. Monday holidays and Monday observed holiday restrictions begin at 2:00 p.m. through midnight on the Friday prior to the holiday. Normal travel may resume from sunrise on Saturday through Sunday at midnight. Monday holiday restriction continues at 12:01 a.m. on Monday and ends Tuesday at sunrise. |
| Vermont | Closed 5/26 | On state highways, unless otherwise stated, permits will not be issued for the movement of loads in excess of one hundred eight thousand (108,000) pounds, or over twelve feet (12’0”) wide or over one hundred feet (100’) long on any Saturday, Sunday, or on the following legal holidays as observed in the State of Vermont |
| Virginia | Closed 5/26 | No travel allowed from noon 5/23 until sunrise 5/27 |
| Washington | Closed 5/26 | Days when travel is restricted: Vehicles operating under special permit for overweight/over dimensional, except as provided for in WAC 468-38-075, may be restricted from the state highways on the holidays of New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and commencing at noon of the day preceding said holidays. |
| West Virginia | Closed 5/26 | Saturday, May 24, 2025 through Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
| Wisconsin | Closed 5/26 | |
| Wyoming | Closed 5/26 | PILOT CAR LOADS = NO TRAVEL ALLOWED ON 5/23 FROM 1/2 HR AFTER SUNSET UNTIL 1/2 HR BEFORE SUNRISE ON 5/27 |
| Wyoming POES | Closed 5/26 |