{"id":70720,"date":"2025-12-26T02:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T02:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/70720\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T02:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T02:44:09","slug":"vehicle-restrictions-planned-for-pennsylvanias-interstates-friday-due-to-expected-winter-weather-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/70720\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle Restrictions Planned for Pennsylvania\u2019s Interstates Friday due to Expected Winter Weather | Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"PennDOT Lifts Vehicle Restrictions on Interstates; Speed Limit Reductions Still in Place\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Vehicle restrictions will be in place on Pennsylvania interstates starting Friday morning as snow, sleet and freezing rain move across the state, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions begin at 10 a.m. Friday for western interstates and expand to eastern interstates by 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/content\/dam\/copapwp-pagov\/en\/penndot\/documents\/travelinpa\/winter\/documents\/cmv-restriction-tier-information-sign.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tier 3 vehicle restrictions<\/a> will go into effect at 10 a.m. for:<\/p>\n<p>Interstate 81, south of I-83<\/p>\n<p>ALL Pennsylvania interstates west of I-81 including:<\/p>\n<p>The same vehicle restrictions are slated to go into effect at 2 p.m. for:<\/p>\n<p>Commercial vehicles, buses and trailers are among those restricted, with speed limits reduced to 45 mph for all vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Northeast Pennsylvania could see up to 8 inches of snow, while icy conditions are expected elsewhere, according to PennDOT.<\/p>\n<p>Crews will pre-treat roads, but icy spots may still form, especially on bridges and ramps.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are urged to avoid unnecessary travel, check <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/511PA.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">511PA.com<\/a> for updates, and use extra caution if they must be on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Last winter, Pennsylvania saw over 8,000 crashes on icy roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vehicle restrictions will be in place on Pennsylvania interstates starting Friday morning as snow, sleet and freezing rain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3602,3431,28,30,29,1704,27380,27263,15765],"class_list":["post-70720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-interstate","tag-penndot","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-traffic","tag-travel-advisory","tag-vehicle-restrictions","tag-winter-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}