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Winter Storm Fern: Closures & Oversize Restrictions

Winter Storm Fern: Closures & Oversize Restrictions

Due to Winter Storm Fern, the following permit office closures and restrictions are in place on Monday, Jan. 26th unless noted otherwise below.

Last updated on 1/26/26 at 12:40 p.m. ET.

Arkansas

Permit offices closed due to weather.

Connecticut

Permit office is closed due to weather and there’s a truck travel ban in place. No permitted travel is authorized on Monday, Jan. 26th.

Delaware

Permit offices closed due to weather.

Indiana

Permit offices closed due to weather.

Maine

Due to inclement weather, oversize load transport may be prohibited. Moves are not allowed to take place where driving conditions are posted as “difficult” or “ice/hazardous”. Please view the state’s driving conditions map here and select driving conditions.

Massachusetts

A truck travel ban is in effect until Monday, Jan. 26th at noon. The ban includes oversize/overweight permitted vehicles, tractor/trailer combos and tandem trailers.

Trucks delivery food, fuel or medical supplies will not be subject to the restriction.

New Hampshire

No oversize/overweight tracel is permitted, the permit office is open however.

Oklahoma

Permit offices closed due to weather.

Due to the inclement weather, Troops H and J, Beaver, Woodward, Harper and Ellis Counties are closed to oversize and overweight loads.

Pennsylvania

Due to the bad weather, PennDOT has announced several weather-related travel restrictions. Visit 511pa.com for the latest updates.

Rhode Island

The statewide ban on trucks and trailers has been lifted on Monday, Jan. 26th.

Vermont

No oversize travel on route 9 with limited travel elsewhere.

Virginia

Permit offices closed due to weather.

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WCS has over 75 permit agents who have the experience and knowledge to permit oversize loads in a timely fashion and advise on any oversize or holiday travel restrictions.