Thanksgiving closings and restrictions
Thanksgiving 2024- State Closings and travel restrictions
| State | Date | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Closed 11-28/29 | NO PERMITTED TRAVEL is allowed from sunset, Wednesday, November 27th, until sunrise Monday, December 2nd (Subject to change) |
| Arizona | Closed 11/28 | Overdimensional vehicle or load with dimensions greater than 10 feet wide, 14-6 High 10 feet front or rear overhang, or 120 feet long. When a holiday occurs on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, transport shall stop at 12 noon on the day before the holiday and may resume the day after the holiday at one-half hour before sunrise, or the day after the holiday at 3:00 a.m. if night transport is allowed under R17-6-409. More details can be found here |
| Arkansas | Closed 11-28 | No permits will be issued for movement on the days that the following holidays are observed: New Year's Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day 7. If a holiday listed in Rule 2.E.6. is observed on Monday or Friday, movement on a weekend following a Friday observance or preceding a Monday observance shall not be allowed. |
| California | Closed 11-28/29 | No permits will be issued for movement on the days that the following holidays are observed: New Year's Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day 7. If a holiday listed in Rule 2.E.6. is observed on Monday or Friday, movement on a weekend following a Friday observance or preceding a Monday observance shall not be allowed. |
| Colorado | Closed 11/28 | An LVC may travel on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. However, if such holiday falls on a Saturday an LVC is prohibited from travel on the previous Friday, and if such holiday falls on a Sunday an LVC is prohibited from travel on the following Monday. |
| Connecticut | Closed 11/28 | No travel Beginning Wednesday, November 27th at 12:00 NOON until daylight, Monday, December 2nd |
| Delaware | Closed 11-28/29 | No moves from noon 11/27 through 9 am 12/2 |
| Florida | Closed 11-28/29 | No movement will be allowed for loads over 10 feet in width, over 80 feet in length, or 14'6" in height on Thursday 11-28 or Friday 11-29 |
| Georgia | Closed 11-28/29 | Travel is not authorized on 11/28 |
| Idaho | Closed 11/28 | 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 11-28/29 | No travel from noon on Wednesday, November 27 through Sunrise Friday, November 29 |
| Indiana | Closed 11-28/29 | All Oversize/Overweight loads must stop travel at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 and may resume travel 1/2 hour before sunrise on Friday, November 29th, 2024. All loads must have a valid permit and abide by the general provisions when traveling. ***NOTE: DIVISIABLE LOAD PERMITS ARE EXEMPT FROM HOLIDAY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND MILK HAULERS UP TO 154,000LBS ARE EXEMPT FROM HOLIDAY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS*** |
| Iowa | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel restrictions |
| Kansas | Closed 11-28/29 | No restrictions |
| Kentucky | Closed 11-28/29 | No restrictions |
| Louisiana | Closed 11-28/29 | No restrictions |
| Maine | Closed 11-28/29 | All overlimit loads are prohibited to move on Thu Nov 28 and Fri Nov 29 |
| Maryland | Closed 11/28 | No moves from Noon Wed.Nov 27th until 9am, Monday Dec 2 |
| Massachusetts | Closed 11/28 | No travel allowed on 11/28 |
| Michigan | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel allowed on 11/27 from 12 PM until Daybreak on 12/2 Mobile Homes: Until noon 12/2 |
| Minnesota | Closed 11-28/29 | Holiday and Summer travel restrictions apply to oversize loads or vehicles exceeding 12’6” wide; or 110’ long. 2:00pm the day before the holiday to 2:00am the day after the holiday. |
| Mississippi | Closed 11/28 | Oversized travel is not allowed beginning 12 Noon Wednesday, November 27 and will resume half an hour before sunrise on Friday, November 29. Unless continuous travel is approved on the permit. |
| Missouri | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel allowed on from noon 11/27 until 30 minutes before sunrise 12/2 |
| Montana | Closed 11/28 | 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 11-28/29 | Travel restricted from sunset, November 27th until sunrise, December 2nd |
| Nevada | Closed 11-28/29 | It depends on sizes and routes. See here |
| New Hampshire | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel allowed on 11-28 and 11-29 |
| New Jersey | Closed 11/28 | An oversize permit shall not be valid for the operation of a vehicle on the following holidays: * New Year's Day * Memorial Day and Friday before Memorial Day * Independence Day * Labor Day and the Friday before Labor Day * Thanksgiving Day and the Wednesday before * Christmas Day If these holidays fall on a Sunday, the operation shall not be permitted on the following Monday. If these holidays fall on a Saturday, the operation shall not be permitted on the preceding Friday. An oversize permit shall not be valid during the nighttime hours of sunset to sunrise. |
| New Mexico | Closed 11/28 | 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 11/28 | No oversize travel allowed from 12 Noon Wednesday November 22 until 1/2 hour before sunrise Friday November 24. |
| New York Thruway | Closed 11/28 | No oversize travel allowed from 12 Noon Wednesday November 27 until 1/2 hour before sunrise Friday November 28. |
| New York City | Closed 11/28 | Unknown |
| North Carolina | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel for overwidth, overheight or overlength permitted vehicle/vehicle combinations or vehicle combinations with a gross weight exceeding 112,000 lbs will be authorized on North Carolina highways from noon Wednesday, November 27th until noon Friday, November 29th. |
| North Dakota | Closed 11/28 | Permitted movements exceeding 16 feet in width, may not travel from noon on November 27th until 1⁄2 hour before sunrise on November 29th. |
| Ohio | Closed 11/28 | No travel from 12:00 NOON on 11/27 to SUNRISE on 11/29 |
| Oklahoma | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel on 11/28 |
| Oregon | Closed 11-28/29 | |
| Pennsylvania | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel from 12 NOON, NOVEMBER 27th TO SUNRISE DECEMBER 2. |
| Pennsylvania Turnpike | Closed 11/28 | From 5:00 A.M., local time, Tuesday, November 26 to 11:00 P.M., local time, Sunday, December 1, 2024. |
| Rhode Island | Closed 11/28 | No travel allowed from NOON 11/27 until sunrise on 11/29 |
| South Carolina | Closed 11-28/29 | No travel on 11/28 |
| South Dakota | Open | No restrictions |
| Tennessee | Closed 11-28/29 | NO ESCORTED TRAVEL allowed after twelve o'clock (12:00 PM) noon November 27th through Sunday November 30th following Thanksgiving. • Oversized/Overweight loads NOT requiring escorts for movement are allowed continuous travel with normal travel conditions as authorized. No travel on November 28th for Site-built houses and House boats |
| Texas | Closed 11-28/29 | The movement of loads exceeding 14-feet wide, 16-feet high or 110-feet long and all manufactured housing is suspended on 11/28 unless an exception is granted by TxDMV. |
| Utah | Closed 11/28 | 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 11/28 | 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 1/2 day 11/27, all day 11-28/29 | No travel from noon 11-27 until 1/2 hour after sunrise 11-29 |
| Washington | Closed 11-28/29 | 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 11-28/29 | No travel on 11/28 |
| Wisconsin****note****there are hunting restrictions in addition to holiday. | Closed 11-28/29 | |
| Wyoming | Closed 11/28 | loads requiring escorts will not be allowed to travel from ½ hour after sunset 11/27 to ½ hour before sunrise 11/29. Ports of Entry are closed on 11/28 |
| Wyoming POES | Closed 11/28 |
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Last Updated on 11/13/2024 By Susan Roberts