Independence Day closings and restrictions
Independence Day 2024 - State Closings and travel restrictions
| State | Date | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Closed 7/4 | NO PERMITTED TRAVEL is allowed from sunset, Wednesday, July 3rd, until sunrise, Friday, July 5th. (Subject to change) |
| Arizona | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | Permit loads that exceed any legal dimension (height, length, width, and/or front overhang) cannot move from sunset on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 until sunrise on Friday, July 5, 2024. |
| California | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | 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 7/4 | No travel on 7/4 |
| Delaware | Closed 7/4 | No moves from noon 07/03/2025 through 9 am 07/05/2025 |
| Florida | Closed 7/4 | No travel on 7/4 if over 10 wide 14-6 high or over 80 long. |
| Georgia | Closed 7/4 | Travel is not authorized on 7/4 |
| Idaho | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | No travel from Noon on Monday, July 3, 2024 through Sunrise Wednesday, July 5, 2024 |
| Indiana | Closed 7/4 | All Oversize/Overweight loads must stop travel at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024 and may resume travel 1/2 hour before sunrise on Friday, July 5th, 2024. All loads must have a valid permit and abide by the general provisions when traveling. ***NOTE: OVERWEIGHT COMMODITY PERMITS ARE EXEMPT FROM HOLIDAY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND MILK HAULERS UP TO 154,000LBS ARE EXEMPT FROM HOLIDAY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.*** |
| Iowa | Closed 7/4 | No travel from Noon Wednesday, July 3 to 30min before sunrise on Friday, July 5 |
| Kansas | Closed 7/4 | Unless specified on your permit, there are no travel restrictions for holidays. |
| Kentucky | Closed 7/4 | No restrictions |
| Louisiana | Closed 7/4 | No restrictions |
| Maine | Closed 7/4 | No move on 7/4 Moves are prohibited Saturday and Sunday in July and August, except for equipment moving entirely within the seven northern counties. Call for more information. Throughout the year, the following restrictions are in effect: mobile homes and modular units greater than 11’6” to 13’6” wide are prohibited from moving Saturdays, Sundays, and all Legal Holidays; mobile homes and modular units greater than 13’6” to 14’6” wide are prohibited from moving Friday after 12 o’clock noon, Saturdays, Sundays, and all Legal Holidays; and mobile homes and modular units greater than 14’6” wide are prohibited from moving on Thursdays followed by a Friday Legal Holiday, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and all Legal Holidays. |
| Maryland | Closed 7/4 | No moves from Noon Wednesday 7/3 until 9am Friday July 5, 2024 |
| Massachusetts | Closed 7/4 | NO TRAVEL ALLOWED FROM 12 PM 7/3 UNTIL 12 PM ON 7/5 |
| Michigan | Closed 7/4 | No travel allowed from 12 PM 7/3 until Daybreak on 7/5 Mobile Homes-noon 7/5 |
| Minnesota | Closed 7/4 | No travel from 2:00pm the day before the holiday to 2:00am the day after the holiday. Summer weekends - June 2 through Aug. 28 Travel Restricted 4:00PM through 8:00PM Fridays and Sundays. |
| Mississippi | Closed 7/4 | 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 permitted, unless otherwise stated on the permit. |
| Missouri | Closed 7/4 | No travel allowed from noon 7/3 until 30 minutes before sunrise 7/5 |
| Montana | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | Travel restricted from noon, July 3, until sunrise, July 5. |
| Nevada | Closed 7/4 | It depends on sizes and routes. See here |
| New Hampshire | Closed 7/4 | No travel allowed on 7/4 |
| New Jersey | Closed 7/4 | No travel allowed on 7/4 |
| New Mexico | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | No oversize travel is allowed from 12 Noon July 3 to 1/2 hour before sunrise July 5. |
| New York Thruway | Closed 7/4 | No oversize travel is allowed from 12 Noon July 3 to 1/2 hour before sunrise July 5. |
| New York City | Closed 7/4 | Unknown at this time. |
| North Carolina | Closed 7/4 | 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 July 3, 2024 until noon Friday, July 5, 2024. |
| North Dakota | Closed 7/4 | Permitted movements exceeding 16 feet in width, may not travel from noon on July 3 until sunrise on July 5. |
| Ohio | Closed 7/4 | No travel from 12:00 NOON on JULY 3 to SUNRISE on JULY 5 |
| Okalahoma | Closed 7/4 | No travel on 7/4 |
| Oregon | Closed 7/4 | |
| Pennsylvania | Closed 7/4 | NO TRAVEL ALLOWED FROM NOON ON 7/3 UNTIL SUNRISE ON 7/5 |
| Pennsylvania Turnpike | Closed 7/4 | From 5:00 A.M., local time, Friday, June 28 to 11:00 P.M., local time, Sunday, July 7, 2024. |
| Rhode Island | Closed 7/4 | NO TRAVEL ALLOWED FROM SUNSET ON 7/3 UNTIL SUNRISE ON 7/5 |
| South Carolina | Closed 7/4 | No travel on 7/4 |
| South Dakota | Open | No restrictions |
| Tennessee | Closed 7/4 | No travel for escorted loads 7-3 through 7-5. No travel 7-4 for site-built houses and house boats. |
| Texas | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | 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 7/4 | 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 7/4 | No travel allowed from noon 7/3 until sunrise 7/5 |
| Washington | Closed 7/4 | 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 7/4 | No travel on 7/4. |
| Wisconsin | Closed 7/4 | |
| Wyoming | Closed 7/4 | NO PILOTS = NO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS PILOT CAR LOADS = NO TRAVEL ALLOWED FROM 1/2 HR AFTER SUNSET ON 7/3 UNTIL 1/2 HR BEFORE SUNRISE ON 7/5 |
| Wyoming POES | Closed 7/4 |
Disclaimer. Information contained herein is obtained from sources believed to be reliable. However, accuracy is not guaranteed. © 2024 National Permit Services, Inc.
Last Updated on 06/25/2024
By Susan Roberts
surob@tel-trans.com