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PennDOT Issues Travel Restrictions Due To Weather Conditions

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - PennDOT loaded up its salt trucks Monday morning, as wintry weather started to affect parts of the Philadelphia region. Ahead of the inclement weather, PennDOT has imposed travel restrictions for parts of the state.

Restrictions went into effect at 6 a.m. Monday and will remain in place as long as conditions are warranted. The restrictions reflect Level 1 and Level 2 of the commonwealth's draft travel restriction framework, and will ban all double trailers (regardless of whether they are equipped with chains), empty trailers, non-commercial vehicles pulling trailers, recreational vehicles and motorcycles on these interstates:

  • Interstate 81 north of the junction with Interstate 80 to the New York border.
  • Interstates 84 and 380 in northeast Pennsylvania.
  • Interstate 476, the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, north of the Pocono/Clark Summit exit for Interstate 80.

Additionally, in response to a full commercial vehicle ban that has been instituted on Interstates 78 and 80 in New Jersey, Level 1 and 2 restrictions are in place:

  • Interstate 80 Eastbound from Interstate 81 to the New Jersey border.
  • Interstate 78 Eastbound from Interstate 81 to the New Jersey border.
  • US 22 from Interstate 78 to the New Jersey border in both directions.
  • The entirety of State Route 33 in both directions.

Interstates 78 and 80 in the westbound direction will remain unrestricted unless conditions warrant implementation of restrictions.

As conditions warrant, speed limits will be restricted to 45 mph and commercial vehicles must move to the right lane. Additional speed restrictions on other interstates could be added depending on changing conditions.

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