RouteAllTravel Hours And State Curfews
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Oversize travel hours depend on the permit type, dimensions, route, date and conditions. Daylight is a common default, but night and weekend exceptions are important. Check every applicable limit together; satisfying a width condition alone does not authorize the move.
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Every row in the table below links to the state rule it was read from.
In one minute: identify the permit category, then combine its authorized hours with the route’s local curfews, holiday schedule, weather and special restrictions. Check the actual sunrise and sunset at your location. Read every condition of a night or weekend exception. Plan an authorized stopping place before a restriction begins, and resolve unclear or conflicting instructions with the permit issuer before moving.
Whitney runs height pole for a living and names the curfews as the thing people get wrong most.
Start with the permit category and full dimensions. Check the actual route, date, local time and sunrise/sunset. Apply curfews, holiday and weather restrictions, then confirm any exception and required support. Choose authorized parking before the window closes.
Daylight rule: when can you move?
There is no single national daylight window for oversize loads. As examples, Georgia .03(c) normally uses 30 minutes after sunrise through 30 minutes before sunset, subject to its exceptions. New Mexico .24–25 normally uses 30 minutes before sunrise through 30 minutes after sunset and requires continuous-movement authority to be stated on the permit.
Virginia normally uses sunrise to sunset, while some superloads may be assigned darkness. New York’s nondivisible rule restricts the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise unless the permit specifically provides otherwise; an overweight-only exception also exists.
Use the actual date, place and applicable local time. Sunrise changes along a trip, and different daylight definitions do not create interchangeable clock times.
Night movement: which states allow it?
Night movement needs the applicable authorization and all of its conditions. These examples are not a complete list of exceptions:
- Utah: §14 Table 3 generally bars nondivisible night movement above 14 feet wide on freeways or 12 feet on secondary roads, or above 105 feet long, 14 feet 6 inches high or 10 feet of overhang. It also specifies night escorts and additional lighting; at night it calls for one pilot from 12 to 14 feet wide on freeways and up to 12 feet wide on secondary highways. UDOT-authorized exceptions must be noted on the permit.
- Florida: under July 2026 blanket conditions, an ordinary combination’s all-hours height and length provisions must be combined with legal width and other applicable conditions; height up to 14 feet 6 inches and length up to 80 feet are not alternatives that excuse another over-limit dimension. Rear overhang is limited to 10 feet at night under the length provision.
- Florida’s express exceptions: south of Florida City, over-10-foot-wide loads under this blanket move only 9 p.m.–5 a.m., with at least one qualified escort, no holiday movement and no width above 12 feet. The same document has separate all-hours provisions for qualifying cranes/accessory vehicles and certain empty tractor-semitrailer combinations. Use the exact category, not the ordinary-load shortcut.
- Pennsylvania: 4962(f.1) permits 24-hour/7-day travel for qualifying permitted movements at no more than 135,000 pounds gross, no more than 10 feet wide and within legal height/length, at prevailing speeds. Inclement-weather movement is excluded. Confirm the permit and any other applicable restrictions.
- New Mexico: continuous movement must be specifically permitted. Section .25 lists size/weight and lighting conditions; do not treat it as automatic authority for every small permitted load.
- Texas: 219.11(l)(1) includes overweight-only movement and an Interstate exception at no more than 10 feet wide and 100 feet long with legal front/rear overhang. A route/traffic-study exception is separate. Read the issued permit and current restrictions.
Night authorization does not eliminate weather, curfew, escort, lighting or route conditions. For crew requirements, read the pilot-car guide alongside the actual permit.
Which states have rush-hour curfews?
Curfews depend on location and load characteristics. These selected examples do not replace the current restriction list or issued permit.
| State | Restriction to check | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | Blanket loads over 12 feet wide or 85 feet long: 7–9 a.m. and 4–6 p.m. on state-maintained roads in seven named counties, including Interstates; in nine named cities, the provision excludes Interstates. Keys/KSC restrictions are separate. | FDOT July 2026 conditions |
| Georgia | Inside Atlanta’s I-285 boundary, permitted travel is for pickup/delivery, with no travel 7–9 a.m. or 3–6 p.m. Monday–Friday under .02(4). | 672-2 |
| New Mexico | 7–9 a.m. and 4–6 p.m. on named roads/city areas; Albuquerque and Rio Rancho 7–9 a.m. and 4–7 p.m. unless otherwise stated on the permit. Read the route-specific list. | 18.19.8.26 |
| New York | Check NYSDOT regional window hours and all permit conditions in addition to the general travel-period rule. | NYSDOT restriction repository |
| Pennsylvania | Urbanized-area windows: 3–7:30 a.m., 9 a.m.–4 p.m., 7 p.m.–sunset. Named Allegheny County tunnels use 9 a.m.–4 p.m. only. Darkness requires extra lighting and the applicable front/rear escorts; statutory exceptions must also be considered. | 179.10(7), (13); 4962 |
| Texas | Use the current department/permit curfew restrictions for the actual roads; a general night exception does not remove them. | 219.11(l) |
| Utah | §12: weekdays 6–9 a.m. and 3:30–6 p.m. mountain time on listed Wasatch Front roads. The current text uses “more than 12 feet wide, 105 feet overall length, and 14 feet 6 inches in height.” Resolve uncertain applicability with UDOT; do not turn that conjunction into an assumed exemption. | R909-2-12 |
| Virginia | City/town corporate limits: 7–9 a.m. and 4–6 p.m.; exception for overweight-only or overlength-only configurations, with the latter not exceeding 85 feet including rear overhang. | 24VAC20-82-110(B) |
Identify an authorized place the complete load can reach and occupy before the restriction starts. A ramp, shoulder or ordinary GPS detour is not automatically a lawful waiting place.
Weekend rules: Saturday and Sunday
New York 154-1.2(a) generally excludes Saturdays and Sundays for nondivisible special hauling permits. Loads within 12 feet wide and 85 feet long that can maintain traffic-flow speed may move until noon Saturday, subject to the listed holiday exclusions. Overweight-only movements within 125% of legal weight that maintain traffic-flow speed have a separate exception.
Do not plan a large New York load for Saturday morning merely because it will stop before noon. Confirm which exception, if any, applies to that exact movement.
Pennsylvania 4962(f.3) authorizes permitted daylight movement every day of the week, subject to holiday, weather, urbanized-area and permit restrictions. Read this current statutory provision with the older regulation rather than treating the regulation’s weekend text as the entire answer.
For other states, check the actual permit category and current restrictions. Florida’s blanket conditions allow all days for many categories but still impose width, time, holiday and location limits.
Holiday shutdowns: which days stop the load?
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas commonly appear in these state materials. Dates, observed days, starting times, size thresholds and exceptions differ. Use the current year’s official holiday notice and the actual permit.
- Florida blanket: holiday restriction applies above 10 feet wide, 14 feet 6 inches high or 80 feet long, and includes the day after Thanksgiving plus specified observed Fridays/Mondays. Florida Keys have separate holiday language.
- Virginia: the listed observed holidays invalidate travel from noon on the preceding weekday through the holiday; a Monday observed holiday begins at noon Friday.
- Utah: §13 normally begins the restriction at 2 p.m. before the holiday through sunrise afterward for its specified load category. Monday/observed-Monday rules stop movement Friday 2 p.m.–midnight, reopen sunrise Saturday through Sunday midnight, then close Monday 12:01 a.m.–Tuesday sunrise. Read its dimension language and any exception.
- New York and Pennsylvania: check the permit category, official holiday restriction notice and applicable exceptions; a general weekend or night allowance is not proof of holiday authority.
Sources: FDOT blanket conditions, Virginia §110(A), Utah §13, NYSDOT notices and Pennsylvania 4962.
Read The Permit, Current Law And Conditions Together
The issued permit and its attachments define the authorized movement within the applicable law. Some rules allow an agency to grant a stated exception; a printed permit condition is not a universal power to override every statute or posted restriction.
If instructions conflict or an exception is unclear, contact the issuer before moving and obtain any required corrected document. Give the full dimensions, route segment, time and date instead of asking only whether “night travel” is allowed.
“Send me the permit so I can look over the route.”
Whitney S. Johnson, height pole escort
Share the permit, conditions and reviewed route with every escort. RouteAll can extract written directions for manual comparison and provide a shared route; it does not establish legal travel hours or authorize a waiting detour. Read the off-route guide before choosing alternate roads.
Before you roll
Check the permit type, all dimensions and weight, exact route, local time, sunrise/sunset, curfew, holiday schedule and weather. Confirm the required crew and an authorized stopping place. Resolve discrepancies with the issuer before rolling. RouteAll does not issue permits or guarantee compliance.
Common questions
Can I run an oversize load at night?
Only when the applicable rules and permit authorize that movement. Check every dimension, weight, route and overhang condition, plus escorts, lighting, curfews and weather. Florida has express night exceptions for certain Keys moves and vehicle categories; Pennsylvania’s 24-hour provision also has a 135,000-pound gross limit. Width alone is not enough.
Which holidays shut oversize movement down?
Commonly listed holidays include New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, but size thresholds, observed dates and shutdown times differ. Florida’s blanket conditions also list the day after Thanksgiving. Check the current year’s state notice and your actual permit category; do not use one nationwide shutdown calendar.
What time does the Pennsylvania urban curfew lift?
The regulation lists urbanized-area windows of 3–7:30 a.m., 9 a.m.–4 p.m. and 7 p.m.–sunset, with 9 a.m.–4 p.m. for the named Allegheny County tunnels. Darkness requires the applicable extra lighting and escort support. Read the current statutory travel provisions and permit before applying the schedule.
Does RouteAll know my curfew hours?
RouteAll can extract permit information and directions for manual review, but it does not determine your legal travel window or authorize movement. Compare every travel condition with current rules, official restrictions and the issued permit. The driver and carrier must resolve unclear conditions with the issuer.
Further reading
Sources
Review Scope. Corrected selected current primary-source travel provisions and exceptions, including Utah’s 2026 rule, FDOT’s July 2026 blanket conditions and Pennsylvania’s statutory 24-hour criteria. This is not a complete 50-state schedule.
- FDOT blanket conditions, July 27, 2026.
- Georgia 672-2, .02 and .03.
- New Mexico 18.19.8, .24–26.
- NYSDOT nondivisible rule and current holiday and regional notices.
- Pennsylvania 179.10 and 75 Pa.C.S. 4962.
- Texas adopted 219.11; confirm current permit restrictions.
- Utah current R909-2, §§12–14.
- Virginia 24VAC20-82-110.
RouteAll reads the permit you provide. It does not issue permits or guarantee compliance. The driver remains responsible for the load. Rules change; verify against the permit and the issuing state before every move.