The following shall not be permitted to travel on the
turnpike:
(A) Pedestrians.
(B) Bicycles.
(C) Vehicles drawn by animals.
(D) Animals led, ridden, or driven on the
hoof.
(E) Vehicles transporting
animals or poultry not properly secured or confined.
(F) Self-propelled or towed construction,
agricultural, or other similar equipment not designed for or employed in
general highway transportation.
(G)
Vehicles with improperly secured loads.
(H) Vehicles with metal tires, solid tires,
or deflated pneumatic tires and vehicles with caterpillar treads, except by
special permit issued by the commission.
(I) Such vehicles as, in the opinion of a
commission toll collector or collectors or any police officer, are deemed to be
unsafe or to be such as to create a hazard upon the turnpike. The burden of
proof of the safe condition of such vehicles shall be upon the operators of
such vehicles.
(J) Vehicles,
including any loads thereon, which exceed the following maximum dimensions:
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Width -Eight feet, six inches,
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for all
vehicle
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Height - Thirteen feet, six inches,
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for all
vehicles
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Length - Forty feet, zero inches,
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for single units except passenger bus with three or
more axles,
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Length - Forty-five feet, zero inches,
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for passenger bus with three or more axles,
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Length - Seventy-five feet, zero inches,
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for commercial tractor and semi-trailer combinations
the
( length
does not include safety devices or bumpers attached to the front or rear of
such combinations.) The length does include
overhang, except that automobile transporters may have up to a four- foot overhang in the rear and a three- foot overhang in the front of the vehicle (for a
total maximum length of eighty-two feet).
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Length - Ninety feet, zero inches,
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for any long combination vehicles (length does not
include safety devices or bumpers attached to the front or rear of such
combinations),
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provided, however, that the operator or operators of any such
over dimensional vehicle or vehicles may
make written
submit
an application online to the commission for
a permit to enter and travel upon the turnpike and the commission may, in its
discretion, grant such permit, in writing, upon such terms as it may prescribe;
provided further that busses
buses and fire
trucks
emergency vehicles
in course of delivery shall be exempt from
length limitation.
(K)
Vehicles exceeding allowable axle load or gross weight as determined by
automatic toll equipment or other
equipment such
as portable scales as follows:
(1)
Maximum axle load - 21,000 lbs.,
(2) Maximum combined axle load of any two
successive axles, spaced four feet or less apart - 24,000 lbs.,
(3) Maximum combined axle load of any two
successive axles, spaced more than four feet apart but less than eight feet
apart - 34,000 lbs.,
(4) Maximum
gross weight - 90,000 lbs.,
provided, however, that the operator or operators of any such
overweight vehicle or vehicles may
make a written
submit an application online to the commission for a permit to enter and
travel upon the turnpike and the commission may, in its discretion, grant such
permit, in writing, upon such terms as it may prescribe.
(L)
Vehicles transporting explosives of such kind or in the
quantity for which federal regulations or the statutes of the state of Ohio
prescribes that there be displayed by said vehicles or the operators thereof
warning or identifying flags and signs such as "Explosives," "Danger," or like
sign, provided, however, that the operator or operators of any such vehicle or
vehicles may make written application to the commission for a permit to enter
and travel upon the turnpike and the commission may, in its discretion, grant
such, permit in writing, upon such terms as it may prescribe.
Vehicles transporting hazardous materials, including, but
not limited to, explosives, compressed gasses, flammable liquids, flammable
solids, oxidizers, poisons, radioactive materials, and corrosive liquids,
except, however, if the operator or operators of any such vehicle or vehicles
have registered such vehicle or vehicles with the appropriate agencies and
display, by such vehicles or the operators thereof, the appropriate warning or
identifying flags and signs and permitting documentation as prescribed by
federal regulations or the statutes of the state of Ohio.
(M)
During high
winds or during the prevalence of other adverse weather conditions,
motorcycles, house trailers, horse trailers, boat trailers, long combination
vehicles, utility trailers and all passenger vehicle-drawn
trailers.
During high winds or during the
prevalence of other adverse weather conditions, long combination vehicles,
high-profile tow-behind trailers (excluding fifth wheel trailers), campers,
boats, enclosed trailers, all mobile homes, office trailers, and livestock
trailers. High-profile is defined as height exceeding seven feet six
inches.
(N) Vehicles that are
not capable of maintaining a speed of at least forty miles per hour on level
grade.
(O) Vehicles in tow by a
rope, chain or other non-rigid connection.
(P) Disabled vehicles in tow except under the
following conditions:
(1) Passenger vehicles
which become disabled and must be removed only by
towing or pushing, shall be removed by being towed or pushed to the nearest
exit by a service vehicle from an official turnpike contract garage.
(2) Trucking and bus company vehicles, which
become disabled and must be removed by towing or pushing, shall be removed only
by being towed or pushed to the nearest exit by a service vehicle from: an official turnpike contract garage, a company
owned and operated service unit, or an agency operating under contract with the
subject company whose vehicle is disabled.
(3) Passengers are prohibited from riding in
any vehicle being towed or pushed on the turnpike.
