Independence Day closings and restrictions
Independence Day 2026 - State Closings and travel restrictions
| State | Date | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Closed 7/3 | NO PERMITTED TRAVEL is allowed from sunset, Thursday, July 2nd, until sunrise, Monday, July 6th. (Subject to change) |
| Arizona | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | Permitted loads that exceed any legal dimension (height, length, width, and/or front overhang) cannot move from sunset on Friday, July 3, 2026, until sunrise on Sunday, July 5, 2026. |
| California | Closed 7/3 | Vehicles traveling on a state highway under a transportation permit, only when required to be escorted by a pilot car, are prohibited from travel as detailed below. 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 7/3 | 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 7/3 | No travel on 7/4 |
| Delaware | Closed 7/3 | No moves from noon 07/03/2026 through 9 am 07/05/2026 |
| Florida | Closed 7/3 | No travel on 7/4 if over 10 wide 14-6 high or over 80 long. |
| Georgia | Closed 7/3 | Travel is not authorized on 7/4 |
| Idaho | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | Noon on Friday, July 3, 2026 through Sunrise Sunday, July 5, 2026 |
| Indiana | Closed 7/3 | All Oversize/Overweight loads must stop travel at 12:00 pm on Friday, July 3, 2026 and may resume travel ½ hour before sunrise on Monday, July 6th, 2026. All loads must have a valid permit and abide by the general provisions when traveling. ***NOTE: DIVISIBLE LOAD PERMITS ARE EXEMPT FROM HOLIDAY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND MILK HAULERS UP TO 154,000LBS ARE EXEMPT FROM HOLIDAY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.*** |
| Iowa | Closed 7/3 | No travel after 12:00pm on July 3 until 30 minutes prior to sunrise on July 6 |
| Kansas | Closed 7/3 | Unless specified on your permit, there are no travel restrictions for holidays. |
| Kentucky | Closed 7/3 | No restrictions |
| Louisiana | Closed 7/3 | TBA |
| Maine | Closed 7/3 | No move on 7/4 |
| Maryland | Closed 7/3 | No moves from noon Thursday July 2, 2026 until 9:00 am Monday July 6, 2026 |
| Massachusetts | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | No travel allowed from 12 PM 7/3 until Daybreak on 7/6 Mobile Homes-noon 7/6 |
| Minnesota | Closed 7/3 | Travel Restricted: 2 p.m. the day before the holiday to 2 a.m. the day after the holiday. |
| Mississippi | Closed 7/3 | Movement will not be allowed after 12:00 noon on days preceding or on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, unless otherwise permitted. |
| Missouri | Closed 7/3 | July 2 through July 6 Restriction periods begin at noon and end 30 minutes before sunrise. |
| Montana | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | TRAVEL IS RESTRICTED FROM NOON, JULY 3RD TO SUNRISE JULY 6TH. |
| Nevada | Closed 7/3 | It depends on sizes and routes. See here |
| New Hampshire | Closed 7/3 | No travel allowed on 7/3 |
| New Jersey | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | 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 7/3 | No oversize travel allowed from 12 Noon Thursday July 2 until ½ hour before sunrise Monday July 6. |
| New York Thruway | Closed 7/3 | No oversize travel allowed from 12 Noon Thursday July 2 until ½ hour before sunrise Monday July 6. |
| New York City | Closed 7/3 | Unknown at this time. |
| North Carolina | Closed 7/3 | 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 Thursday, July 2, 2026 until noon Monday, July 6, 2026 |
| North Dakota | Closed 7/3 | Permitted movements exceeding 16 feet in width, may not travel from noon on July 2 until sunrise on July 6. |
| Ohio | Closed 7/3 | 12:00 NOON on JULY 3 to SUNRISE on JULY 7, 2025 |
| Okalahoma | Closed 7/3 | TBA |
| Oregon | Closed 7/3 | https://www.oregon.gov/odot/MCT/Pages/Oregon-Travel-Restrictions.aspx |
| Pennsylvania | Closed 7/3 | NO TRAVEL ALLOWED FROM 12 NOON, JULY 2 TO SUNRISE JULY 6 |
| Pennsylvania Turnpike | Closed 7/3 | From 5:00 A.M., local time, Friday, June 26 to 11:00 P.M., local time, Sunday, July 5, 2026. |
| Rhode Island | Closed 7/3 | No Saturday, Sunday, or Monday travel on: • Memorial Day, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, MLK Jr Day No day of travel or previous night: • Independence Day, Veterans Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day No Wednesday through Sunday travel the week of Thanksgiving No Saturday or Sunday travel Easter. |
| South Carolina | Closed 7/3 | No travel on 7/4 |
| South Dakota | Open | No restrictions |
| Tennessee | Closed 7/3 | NO ESCORTED TRAVEL allowed after twelve o’clock (12:00 PM) noon on July 3rd through July 4th. • Oversized/Overweight loads NOT requiring escorts for movement are allowed Continuous travel with normal travel conditions as authorized. • No travel on July 4th for Site-built houses and House boats. |
| Texas | Closed 7/3 | The movement of loads exceeding 14-feet wide, 16-feet high or 110-feet long and all manufactured housing is suspended on 7/4 unless an exception is granted by TxDMV. |
| Utah | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | 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 7/3 | Permitted vehicle configurations are not allowed to travel on the following state observed holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. On the holidays listed in this subsection, permits will not be valid from noon the preceding weekday through the holiday. If the observed holiday falls on a Monday, the permit will not be valid from noon on the preceding Friday through Monday. |
| Washington | Closed 7/3 | 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 7/3 | No travel on 7/4 |
| Wisconsin | Closed 7/3 | |
| Wyoming | Closed 7/3 | NO PILOTS = NO RESTRICTIONS PILOT CAR LOADS = NO TRAVEL ALLOWED ON 7/2 FROM 1/2 HR AFTER SUNSET UNTIL 1/2 HR BEFORE SUNRISE ON 7/6 POE CLOSED |
| Wyoming POES | Closed 7/3 |
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Last Updated on 06/29/2026