Travel hours and calendar restrictions in New York
Permitted travel times and restrictions for nights, weekends, holidays, and rush hours, including eligibility conditions and continuous-travel exceptions.
35 facts, each with the passage it comes from, quoted from 3 official sources.

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Which roads or areas have rush-hour restrictions, and what time windows apply?Nothing on file for New York answers this yet.
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Sunday and holiday travel allowed (Yes or no)
Whether the permit authorizes circulation on Sundays and the named public holidays, for the vehicle or combination, including load and equipment.
Yesin 5 casesNoin 10 cases
- In general
- Christmas, if eligible for Saturday travel
- Columbus Day, all other oversize travel
- Columbus Day, manufactured/modular homes over 14’-0” in width
Night travel allowed (Yes or no)
Whether the permit authorizes circulation at night, defined as the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, for the vehicle or combination, including load and equipment, under the applicable conditions.
No
Holiday travel restriction period (In words)
The time window during which oversize or overweight travel is prohibited around a public holiday, expressed as a start and end time relative to the holiday.
Christmas
12 Noon Thursday December 24 to 1/2 hour before sunrise Saturday December 26
Independence Day
12 Noon Friday July 3 to 1/2 hour before sunrise Monday July 6
Labor Day
12 Noon Friday September 4 until 1/2 hour before sunrise Tuesday September 8
Memorial Day
12 Noon Friday May 22 until 1/2 hour before sunrise Tuesday May 26
Holiday manufactured home width threshold (Measures)
The width of manufactured or modular homes above which travel is prohibited on the named public holiday, in metres.
- 14′4.27 mColumbus Day
- 14′4.27 mDr. Martin Luther King Jr Day
- 14′4.27 mWashington’s Birthday/President’s Day
Holiday Saturday travel eligibility condition (Yes or no)
Whether the holiday travel restriction applies only if the vehicle or combination is eligible for Saturday travel.
Yes
Christmas
Saturday travel allowed (Yes or no)
Whether the permit authorizes circulation on Saturdays, under the applicable conditions.
Yes
Over-dimensional and overweight moves that are within 12 feet in width, 85 feet in length, legal height, and which can maintain normal highway speeds
Saturday travel end time (In words)
Latest time of day at which circulation is authorized on Saturdays, expressed as a clock time.
12:00
Saturday travel legal height required (Yes or no)
Whether Saturday travel is authorized only if the vehicle or combination, including load and equipment, does not exceed the legal height.
Yes
Where these facts come from
- 2026 Oversize Travel Holiday Restrictions(opens in a new tab)
www.dot.ny.gov, PDF, 23 facts
- Information Concerning Special Hauling Permits, PERM 30(opens in a new tab)
www.dot.ny.gov, PDF, 10 facts
- Information Concerning Special Hauling Permits (PERM 30)(opens in a new tab)
www.dot.ny.gov, PDF, 2 facts