Can oversize loads move on Thanksgiving 2026?
Not in 40 states. Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026, and each state sets its own window around it.
From each state's rules and pages, checked 2026-10-24. Your permit lists its own travel days: it comes first.
| State | When loads can't move |
|---|---|
| Alabama | No travel at any time on these days.Source |
| Arizona | Friday or Saturday holiday: stop at noon Thursday, resume Monday; Sunday or Monday holiday: stop at noon Friday, resume Tuesday; Tuesday to Thursday holiday: stop at noon the day before, resume the day after (half an hour before sunrise, or 3 a.m. if night travel is allowed).Source |
| Arkansas | No moves on the day the holiday is observed; if it is observed on a Friday or Monday, no moves on the weekend that touches it.Source |
| California | Only for loads that need a pilot car: no travel from 4 p.m. to midnight the day before, and from noon to midnight on the holiday and each day of the holiday weekend (Thanksgiving: Wednesday 4 p.m. through Sunday, afternoons only). Mornings (midnight or sunrise to noon) stay open.Source |
| Delaware | No oversize or overweight moves on these days; DelDOT posts the exact days and hours each year on its OSOW permit system's Holiday Restrictions page. · Also: Day after ThanksgivingSource |
| Florida | No moves all day on the holiday; a Saturday holiday also closes the Friday before, a Sunday holiday also closes the Monday after. · Also: Day after ThanksgivingSource |
| Georgia | No moves on the holiday itself; the state does not publish a longer window.Source |
| Idaho | Black-coded routes and interstates (loads over 12 ft wide, 120 ft long or 15 ft high): no travel after 4 p.m. the day before the holiday until sunrise the day after. Red-coded routes: travel stops at 2 p.m. the day before and resumes at sunrise the day after.Source |
| Illinois | From noon the day before the holiday (or holiday weekend) until sunrise the day after; applies to every permit load over a legal dimension.Source |
| Indiana | No travel on state highways from noon on the last weekday before the holiday until 1/2 hour before sunrise on the day after it.Source |
| Maine | No moves all day on each holiday, or on the Saturday and Sunday of a holiday weekend (2026: weekends around MLK, Presidents', Patriots', Memorial, Juneteenth, Independence, Labor, Indigenous Peoples', Thanksgiving and Christmas). · Also: Thanksgiving FridaySource |
| Maryland | No permit moves at all on these days; the permit office is also closed on MLK Day, Columbus Day, Election Day and the day after Thanksgiving, but you may travel then.Source |
| Massachusetts | No moves on any of these days; for New Year's Day, Independence Day and Christmas, no moves from noon the day before to noon the day after.Source |
| Michigan | No moves from noon the day before until daylight the day after the holiday; when it falls on a Friday or Monday, from noon before the three-day weekend until daylight the day after it (mobile homes and modules: until noon the day after).Source |
| Minnesota | Loads wider than 12 ft 6 in or longer than 110 ft may not travel from 2 p.m. the day before the holiday to 2 a.m. the day after; Fishing Opener 2026 is restricted 2 p.m. Fri May 8 to 2 a.m. Sat May 9 and 2 p.m. Sun May 10 to 2 a.m. Mon May 11. Overweight-only loads are not restricted unless the permit says so.Source |
| Mississippi | No moves after 12 noon on the day before the holiday, or on the holiday itself, unless the permit says otherwise.Source |
| Missouri | No moves from 12 noon on the last business day before the holiday until 30 minutes before sunrise on the first business day after it.Source |
| Montana | Holiday on Fri or Sat: no travel Fri-Sun; on Sun or Mon: no travel Sat-Mon; on Tue-Thu: that day only; Thanksgiving: Thu-Sun. Loads up to 18 ft wide may still use the interstate; off the interstate only loads up to 12 ft 6 in wide (daylight only above 10 ft) and 15 ft 6 in high may move.Source |
| Nebraska | No oversize travel from noon the last workday before the holiday until sunrise the day after (2026: Memorial Day noon Fri May 22 to sunrise Tue May 26; Thanksgiving noon Wed Nov 25 to sunrise Mon Nov 30); the hours are printed on each permit.Source |
| Nevada | Monday holiday: noon to midnight the Friday before and noon to midnight the holiday Monday; Tuesday-Thursday holiday: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the day; Friday holiday: noon to midnight the Thursday before and the Sunday after; Thanksgiving: noon to midnight the Wednesday before and the Sunday after (night and weekend rules still apply in between).Source |
| New Hampshire | No permit travel all day on the holiday; a Sunday holiday also closes the Monday after and a Saturday holiday closes the Friday before (2026: Independence Day restricted Friday, July 3; Juneteenth not restricted). · Also: Day after ThanksgivingSource |
| New Jersey | No oversize moves all day on these days; a Sunday holiday also bans the following Monday, and a Saturday holiday bans the preceding Friday. · Also: Thanksgiving DaySource |
| New Mexico | No moves from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on the holiday itself (DOT may name other holidays).Source |
| New York | No oversize travel on the holiday or from noon the weekday before it; the 2026 calendar keeps loads off until half an hour before sunrise on the next travel day. Mobile/modular homes over 14 ft wide also may not move on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday and Columbus Day.Source |
| North Carolina | No oversize moves from noon on the weekday before the holiday until noon on the weekday after; if the holiday is on a weekend, from noon Friday to noon Monday.Source |
| North Dakota | Loads wider than 16 ft may not move from noon the day before the holiday until sunrise the day after.Source |
| Ohio | No oversize moves from noon the day before until half an hour before sunrise the day after the holiday or holiday weekend.Source |
| Oklahoma | No movement at any time on the holiday itself; Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day and Veterans Day are open.Source |
| Oregon | No overwidth movement from noon the day before the holiday through the holiday; loads up to 14 ft may use authorized routes on the attached weekend days, but loads over 14 ft wait until half an hour before sunrise after the holiday (after the weekend when the holiday is on a Monday or Friday, or for Thanksgiving).Source |
| Pennsylvania | No moves on the holiday or the day before it.Source |
| Rhode Island | No moves on the holiday; on a weekday holiday you may move until noon the day before; a Sunday holiday also closes Monday, and a Saturday holiday closes Friday after noon.Source |
| South Carolina | No travel on the day of the holiday; the Permit Director can also block travel from noon the day before to noon the day after, depending on route and load size.Source |
| Tennessee | Easter: from 6 p.m. Thursday before Good Friday through Easter Sunday; Memorial Day and Labor Day: from noon the Friday before through the holiday; July 3-4 (plus nearby weekend days); Thanksgiving: noon Wednesday through Sunday; Christmas-New Year: Dec 24 through Jan 1 (plus nearby weekend days).Source |
| Texas | Loads over 14 ft wide, 16 ft high or 110 ft long may not move on the holiday itself unless TxDMV grants an exception; manufactured housing also can't move on Veterans Day, MLK Day and Presidents' Day.Source |
| Utah | Loads over 12 ft wide, 105 ft long or 14 ft 6 in high stop from 2 p.m. the day before until sunrise the day after; for Monday holidays, stop 2 p.m. Friday to midnight, travel Saturday sunrise to Sunday midnight, then stop until Tuesday sunrise.Source |
| Vermont | Loads over 108,000 lbs, 12 ft wide or 100 ft long can't move on the holiday; the DMV Commissioner may also restrict days before and after.Source |
| Virginia | No travel from noon the weekday before through the holiday; for a Monday holiday, from noon Friday through Monday.Source |
| Washington | No oversize moves on the holiday, starting at noon the day before. · Also: Day after ThanksgivingSource |
| West Virginia | No travel on the holiday; for Memorial Day and Labor Day, no travel Saturday through Monday (per WVDOH's 2024 high travel days list).Source |
| Wyoming | Loads that need escorts stop from half an hour after sunset the evening before until half an hour before sunrise the day after; for a three-day holiday weekend the whole weekend is closed, and a Saturday or Sunday holiday closes Thursday or Friday evening through Monday or Tuesday morning.Source |
| Alaska | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Colorado | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Connecticut | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| District of Columbia | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Hawaii | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Iowa | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Kansas | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Kentucky | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Louisiana | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| South Dakota | No Thanksgiving restriction published. Your permit may still list one. |
| Wisconsin | Not checked yet: Wisconsin's sites were down when we looked. |