Thanksgiving 2026 oversize load restrictions by state
Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026. Most states that bar oversize moves start the bar on Wednesday, November 25.
Last checked . A summary in our own words of each state and city rule, not legal advice. The permit you are issued governs.
What most states do
Of the 51 jurisdictions below (50 states and DC), 42 bar some oversize loads over Thanksgiving. 28 start the bar on Wednesday, November 25, most at noon. 11 bar only Thursday, or Thursday and Friday. 3 start Thursday and run through the weekend. Across all of these, 14 run past Friday, and 12 of those last to Sunday, November 29 or Monday, November 30. 6 have no Thanksgiving bar for ordinary loads and 3 leave it to the permit or have not published the dates.
Many bars apply only above a set width, height or length, or to escorted loads. The Restriction column says which loads each state means.
Thanksgiving 2026, state by state
- Set on the permitThe state has no holiday rule we found, or writes the conditions on each permit.
- Dates not publishedThe state bars holiday moves but we found no list of dates or hours.
- Dates computedWe worked out the 2026 dates from the rule text; the state did not publish them.
- Read in partThe source could not be read in full, or only a copy of it could.
| State | Restriction | 2026 window | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Bar applies All permitted vehicles |
The state marks its 2026 dates as subject to change. | Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.04(2); ALDOT 2026 Holiday Restrictions sheet Read |
| Alaska | No Thanksgiving bar Permitted oversize and overweight vehicles, unless the permit face allows | Covers Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day only. Holiday on Sunday or Monday: no movement for 84 hours from noon the previous Friday. Holiday on Friday or Saturday: 84 hours from noon the previous Thursday. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year are not listed. The permit may allow movement. | Alaska DOT&PF Commercial Vehicle Permit Manual, sections 14.1 to 14.4 Read |
| Arizona | Bar applies Loads over 10 ft wide (11 ft for specialty equipment), 14 ft 6 in high, 120 ft long, 10 ft front or rear overhang, or 250,000 lb |
Loads that may travel at night resume at 3 a.m. Friday. Loads under the size limits are not held, and a special permit may approve a holiday move. | Ariz. Admin. Code R17-6-403; ADOT holiday travel restrictions page Read |
| Arkansas | Bar applies All oversize and overweight permits, including single-trip and six-day county permits |
Whole day, no hour cutoff stated. | Read Dates computed |
| California | Bar applies Permit loads that must be escorted by a pilot car |
Pilot car loads only. Travel is allowed from midnight to noon on those days, and loads needing no pilot car are not held. | Caltrans Transportation Permits Manual, ch. 5, sec. 502.5 (2024 edition) Read Dates computed |
| Colorado | No Thanksgiving bar Extra-legal vehicles and loads other than longer vehicle combinations | No travel 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day, and none noon to 9:00 p.m. the Friday before Memorial Day and Labor Day. Independence Day on a Saturday adds Friday noon to 9 p.m.; on a Sunday it adds Monday noon to 9 p.m. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year are not restricted for these loads. Emergency moves are exempt. | 2 CCR 601-4, rules 404.1 to 404.3 and 704.1 Read |
| Connecticut | Bar applies All oversize and overweight permit moves |
| RCSA 14-270-18(a); 2026 Transportation Permits and Holiday Restrictions sheet Read |
| Delaware | Bar applies All permitted oversize and overweight loads (Load Codes 1 to 4); superloads need a written request |
Interstate single and multi-trip permits are exempt, and superloads need a written request. | DelDOT oversize/overweight policy 4.2.1.8 to 4.2.1.10, 4.2.4; DelDOT OSOW holiday page Read Read in part |
| District of Columbia | Set on the permit All oversize and overweight permits | No fixed holiday, weekend, night or rush-hour rule found in the city permit rules or the DDOT FAQ. Each special permit can carry seasonal or other limits set by the Director, so check permit conditions. | 18 DCMR 2508.1 to 2508.3; DDOT overweight vehicles FAQ Read Read in part |
| Florida | Bar applies Loads over 14 ft 6 in high, 80 ft long or 10 ft wide |
Whole days. | Fla. Admin. Code r. 14-26.012(5)(e), (7)-(9); FDOT 2026 Holiday Travel Restrictions sheet Read |
| Georgia | Bar applies All permitted vehicles and loads |
The state’s latest posted schedule is for 2024; this date follows the same pattern. | Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 672-2-.03(c); GDOT holiday travel schedule Read Dates computed |
| Hawaii | Set on the permit All oversize and overweight permits | No holiday, weekend, night or rush-hour rule found in the state's oversize guide. Travel conditions are written on each district permit, so check the permit. | Hawaii DOT oversize and overweight permit guide Read Read in part |
| Idaho | Bar applies Oversize loads on red and black coded routes |
On black routes, the widest loads, the bar starts at 4 p.m. | IDAPA oversize permit rules, sec. 305.01, 305.02, 305.04 Read Dates computed |
| Illinois | Bar applies All permit moves (overweight-only categorical moves are exempt) |
| IDOT 2025 2026 Holiday Office Closings and Permit Travel Restrictions sheet Read |
| Indiana | Bar applies All permits except Overweight Commodity and Bulk Milk permits |
| INDOT Permit Guide M-204, holiday restrictions; 105 IAC 7-1-26 Read Dates computed |
| Iowa | No Thanksgiving bar All special permit movement | No movement on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day, after noon on the days before them, or on holiday weekends (holiday on Fri, Sat, Sun or Mon). Movement resumes half hour before sunrise the day after. Special events with abnormally high traffic are also barred. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year are not listed, so no state holiday bar applies on them. | Read |
| Kansas | No Thanksgiving bar All permits | No holiday bar: carriers may move oversize or overweight loads every day of the year, including holidays. Exception: special vehicle combinations may not move on holidays or holiday weekends. | K.A.R. 36-1-36(m)(3), 36-1-28(k) Read |
| Kentucky | No Thanksgiving bar All permitted loads | Kentucky has no holiday travel restrictions. | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Travel Provisions page, Holiday Travel Read |
| Louisiana | Dates not published Loads that are not legal width and length, over 14 ft 4 in high, or over 120,000 lb, or that project beyond the vehicle | Generally barred on certain designated holidays, but the state booklet gives no holiday list or time windows, and no dates for the coming holidays were found. Mobile home permits get extra days added when a holiday falls inside the 3-day permit. Vehicles at legal width and length, 14 ft 4 in or less high and 120,000 lb or less are typically not barred. | Louisiana DOTD permit booklet, Curfews, Night Movement, Inclement Weather, and Holidays Read |
| Maine | Bar applies All over-dimension and overweight loads |
The state’s 2026 letter is subject to change, and emergency off-hour moves can be made by permission. | Maine BMV 2026 Holiday Letter; Section 15 Read |
| Maryland | Bar applies All oversize and overweight vehicles |
The permit unit’s yearly list may add days; ask for it before a move. | MDOT SHA Overdimensional Permit Limitations page Read Dates computed |
| Massachusetts | Bar applies Oversize and overweight truck permits |
| MassDOT oversize and overweight truck permit page, holiday restrictions Read Dates computed |
| Michigan | Bar applies Single-trip permits and extended permits |
| MDOT form T-2, section H (Time Limitations) Read Dates computed |
| Minnesota | Bar applies Loads over 12 ft 6 in wide or 110 ft long |
Overweight-only loads are exempt. | Minnesota DOT 2026 Holiday Restrictions for Oversize Vehicles; General Provisions item 10 Read Dates computed |
| Mississippi | Bar applies Permitted loads |
The rule gives no end time, and the permit may allow a move. | MDOT oversize permit rules, rule 403 Read Dates computed |
| Missouri | Bar applies All permitted loads (metro curfews exempt overweight-only) |
| 7 CSR 10-25.020(1)(I)1, (9)(C) Read Dates computed |
| Montana | Bar applies Loads over 10 ft wide off interstate; interstate loads over 18 ft wide |
Not a blanket bar. On the interstate, loads up to 18 ft wide may still run and wider ones are barred. Off the interstate, loads over 10 ft up to 12 ft 6 in wide may move by daylight only; wider loads, loads over 150 ft long and loads over 15 ft 6 in high are barred. | ARM 18.8.101, permit restrictions 1c, 1d, 5; Montana 2026 Holiday Restrictions sheet Read Dates computed |
| Nebraska | Bar applies All over-dimensional permits (overweight-only permits are not limited) |
| 408 NAC 3, sections 001.11, 003.14, 003.15; Nebraska Observed Holidays 2026 sheet Read |
| Nevada | Bar applies Oversized or overweight vehicles in holiday hours |
The rule does not name Thanksgiving Day itself; ask NDOT how the permit prints it. | NAC 484D.525, 484D.640(15), 484D.660, 484D.670(3) Read Dates computed |
| New Hampshire | Bar applies All oversize and oversize-overweight permits (overweight-only at traffic speed is not limited) |
Supermove permits are set to a safe time. | N.H. Code Admin. Rules Tra 304.14(f) and (g), Tra 304.12(f) Read Dates computed |
| New Jersey | Bar applies Oversize permits (all oversize loads and combinations) |
A written waiver is possible. | N.J.A.C. 13:18-1.11(b) and (e) Read Dates computed |
| New Mexico | Bar applies All special permits |
The state may grant an exception. | 18.19.8.24(B) and (C) NMAC; 18.19.8.7 NMAC Read Dates computed |
| New York | Bar applies Special hauling (nondivisible load) permits |
Overweight-only moves within 125 percent of legal weight are not limited. | Read Dates computed |
| North Carolina | Bar applies Loads over 112,000 lb gross or over legal width, length or height |
| 19A NCAC 02D .0607(a)(2) and (a)(3); NCDOT Oversize/Overweight Permit Handbook, Holiday Travel Read Dates computed |
| North Dakota | Bar applies Permitted loads over 16 ft wide (16 ft or less may travel any day in daylight) |
| ND Highway Patrol 2026 Oversize Travel Restrictions calendar; Policy 9-6, section 2.b Read |
| Ohio | Bar applies Special Hauling Permit loads (legal-dimension overweight loads excepted) |
| ODOT Special Hauling Permit form OS-1A, Days/Hours of Operation item 2 Read Dates computed |
| Oklahoma | Bar applies Any vehicle moved under an Oklahoma oversize permit |
Emergency authorizations may allow holiday travel. | Read Dates computed |
| Oregon | Bar applies Overwidth loads on Attachment H permits (non-divisible loads, mobile and modular units) |
Loads 8 ft 7 in to 14 ft wide may run by daylight on authorized routes during parts of the window. Loads over 14 ft wide never may. | Oregon Special Transportation Permit Attachment H; Oregon Travel Restrictions page Read Dates computed |
| Pennsylvania | Bar applies All permitted movement (unless exempted or the permit says otherwise) |
Defense moves and emergencies are exempt, and PennDOT or the State Police can approve a move. | 67 Pa. Code 179.10(7)(i)(D) and (7)(v) Read Dates computed |
| Rhode Island | Bar applies All RIDOT permitted moves |
Friday by day is open between the two bars, and the permit may say otherwise. | 290-RICR-40-00-1, section 1.4.15(A) to (C) Read Dates computed |
| South Carolina | Bar applies All oversize and overweight permit movements |
The permit may extend the bar from noon Wednesday to noon Friday. | SCDOT OS/OW Permit Guidelines, sections G.7 and K.3 Read Dates computed |
| South Dakota | No Thanksgiving bar | No holiday restriction found; the state truck FAQ says South Dakota has no weekend or holiday restrictions. | South Dakota Truck Info FAQ; Motor Carrier Handbook ch. 6 Read |
| Tennessee | Bar applies Escorted loads (loads needing no escort may travel continuously; site-built houses and houseboats barred on the holiday) |
The state’s sheet prints the end as Sunday, November 30; confirm before an escorted move on Monday. Loads needing no escort may travel continuously, but site-built houses and houseboats are barred on the holiday. | TDOT 2026 OS/OW Holiday Travel Restrictions sheet; Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1680-07-01-.04 Read |
| Texas | Bar applies Loads over 14 ft wide, 16 ft high or 110 ft long; all manufactured housing |
TxDMV can grant an exception after a route and traffic study. Manufactured housing is covered. | 43 TAC 219.11(l)(2); TxDMV Holiday Hours and Movement Restrictions page Read |
| Utah | Bar applies Loads over 12 ft wide, 105 ft long or 14 ft 6 in high |
| Utah Admin. Code R909-2-13(1) to (5) Read Dates computed |
| Vermont | Bar applies Loads over 108,000 lb, over 10 ft 6 in wide (FAQ reading; rules page says 12 ft) or over 100 ft long |
The width limit is 10 ft 6 in per the state’s FAQ and 12 ft per its rules page; confirm with the state. | Vermont DMV rules page, Saturday, Sunday and Holiday Operations; Vermont DMV overweight/oversize FAQ Read Dates computed |
| Virginia | Bar applies All permitted vehicle configurations |
| Read Dates computed |
| Washington | Bar applies All overdimensional loads, and overweight vehicles that cannot keep the speed of traffic |
| WAC 468-38-175(1); WSDOT Form 560-002, page 1 Read Dates computed |
| West Virginia | Bar applies Single Trip, Superload and mobile-home permits |
The Commissioner may allow night, holiday and weekend moves on Interstates and four-lane routes. | WVDOH 2.14, section 4.3.A; W. Va. Code 2-2-1 and 17C-17-11(f) Read Dates computed |
| Wisconsin | Bar applies Oversize vehicles over 12 ft wide, 13 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long |
The second bar is for the gun deer closing weekend. Friday from sunrise to noon is open. | Read |
| Wyoming | Bar applies Oversize movements requiring escorts (unescorted loads are not restricted) |
Unescorted loads are not restricted, and the Highway Patrol may approve emergency moves. | WYDOT Chapter 5, section 7(d) to (f) Read Dates computed Read in part |
Before you plan a move
- Your permit governs. Holiday bans usually come from the conditions printed on the permit, and a state can change its dates at any time. Read the permit before you dispatch.
- The Pennsylvania Turnpike has its own closure. It runs from 5 a.m. Tuesday, November 24 to 11 p.m. Sunday, November 29, wider than the PennDOT window above. See the Turnpike’s restrictions page.
- Weekend and night rules still apply. A day a state leaves open on Thanksgiving weekend may fall under its weekend or night rules. See holiday, weekend, night and city curfew restrictions by state.
- Cities add their own hours. The same page covers curfews in 25 freight metros.
- Other guides. The rules hub lists every rule guide.
Sources
Each window is worked out from the state rule or holiday sheet linked below, summarized in our own words. Last checked November 5, 2026.
- Alabama: Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.04(2); ALDOT 2026 Holiday Restrictions sheet
- Alaska: Alaska DOT&PF Commercial Vehicle Permit Manual, sections 14.1 to 14.4
- Arizona: Ariz. Admin. Code R17-6-403; ADOT holiday travel restrictions page
- Arkansas: 27 CAR 111-106(f)-(h)
- California: Caltrans Transportation Permits Manual, ch. 5, sec. 502.5 (2024 edition)
- Colorado: 2 CCR 601-4, rules 404.1 to 404.3 and 704.1
- Connecticut: RCSA 14-270-18(a); 2026 Transportation Permits and Holiday Restrictions sheet
- Delaware: DelDOT oversize/overweight policy 4.2.1.8 to 4.2.1.10, 4.2.4; DelDOT OSOW holiday page
- District of Columbia: 18 DCMR 2508.1 to 2508.3; DDOT overweight vehicles FAQ
- Florida: Fla. Admin. Code r. 14-26.012(5)(e), (7)-(9); FDOT 2026 Holiday Travel Restrictions sheet
- Georgia: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 672-2-.03(c); GDOT holiday travel schedule
- Hawaii: Hawaii DOT oversize and overweight permit guide
- Idaho: IDAPA oversize permit rules, sec. 305.01, 305.02, 305.04
- Illinois: IDOT 2025 2026 Holiday Office Closings and Permit Travel Restrictions sheet
- Indiana: INDOT Permit Guide M-204, holiday restrictions; 105 IAC 7-1-26
- Iowa: 761 IAC 511.3(4), 511.12(2)
- Kansas: K.A.R. 36-1-36(m)(3), 36-1-28(k)
- Kentucky: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Travel Provisions page, Holiday Travel
- Louisiana: Louisiana DOTD permit booklet, Curfews, Night Movement, Inclement Weather, and Holidays
- Maine: Maine BMV 2026 Holiday Letter; Section 15
- Maryland: MDOT SHA Overdimensional Permit Limitations page
- Massachusetts: MassDOT oversize and overweight truck permit page, holiday restrictions
- Michigan: MDOT form T-2, section H (Time Limitations)
- Minnesota: Minnesota DOT 2026 Holiday Restrictions for Oversize Vehicles; General Provisions item 10
- Mississippi: MDOT oversize permit rules, rule 403
- Missouri: 7 CSR 10-25.020(1)(I)1, (9)(C)
- Montana: ARM 18.8.101, permit restrictions 1c, 1d, 5; Montana 2026 Holiday Restrictions sheet
- Nebraska: 408 NAC 3, sections 001.11, 003.14, 003.15; Nebraska Observed Holidays 2026 sheet
- Nevada: NAC 484D.525, 484D.640(15), 484D.660, 484D.670(3)
- New Hampshire: N.H. Code Admin. Rules Tra 304.14(f) and (g), Tra 304.12(f)
- New Jersey: N.J.A.C. 13:18-1.11(b) and (e)
- New Mexico: 18.19.8.24(B) and (C) NMAC; 18.19.8.7 NMAC
- New York: 17 NYCRR 154-1.2(a)
- North Carolina: 19A NCAC 02D .0607(a)(2) and (a)(3); NCDOT Oversize/Overweight Permit Handbook, Holiday Travel
- North Dakota: ND Highway Patrol 2026 Oversize Travel Restrictions calendar; Policy 9-6, section 2.b
- Ohio: ODOT Special Hauling Permit form OS-1A, Days/Hours of Operation item 2
- Oklahoma: 47 O.S. 14-101(G)
- Oregon: Oregon Special Transportation Permit Attachment H; Oregon Travel Restrictions page
- Pennsylvania: 67 Pa. Code 179.10(7)(i)(D) and (7)(v)
- Rhode Island: 290-RICR-40-00-1, section 1.4.15(A) to (C)
- South Carolina: SCDOT OS/OW Permit Guidelines, sections G.7 and K.3
- South Dakota: South Dakota Truck Info FAQ; Motor Carrier Handbook ch. 6
- Tennessee: TDOT 2026 OS/OW Holiday Travel Restrictions sheet; Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1680-07-01-.04
- Texas: 43 TAC 219.11(l)(2); TxDMV Holiday Hours and Movement Restrictions page
- Utah: Utah Admin. Code R909-2-13(1) to (5)
- Vermont: Vermont DMV rules page, Saturday, Sunday and Holiday Operations; Vermont DMV overweight/oversize FAQ
- Virginia: 24VAC20-82-110(A) and (C)
- Washington: WAC 468-38-175(1); WSDOT Form 560-002, page 1
- West Virginia: WVDOH 2.14, section 4.3.A; W. Va. Code 2-2-1 and 17C-17-11(f)
- Wisconsin: Wis. Admin. Code Trans 254.02(2)(c) and 254.11(3); WisDOT 2026 Holiday Hours and Days of Operation sheet
- Wyoming: WYDOT Chapter 5, section 7(d) to (f)
- Pennsylvania Turnpike: Pennsylvania Turnpike holiday and time of day travel restrictions
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