Texas Says No Oversized Loads Are Allowed To Travel On The Day of Eclipse. Here’s What We Know.
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is expecting severe traffic delays in the counties within the path of the solar eclipse.
More than a million people are expected to travel here to watch the solar eclipse, and it makes me wonder if they’ve even researched Texas weather…
I have a feeling it’s going to be super cloudy and maybe even rain, because that’s what always happens when we have something cool happening in the sky.
The increased volume of drivers on the road has led to the TX DMV decision that will ban any size/weight limit permitted vehicles to travel in the long list of counties below from Midnight to midnight on April 8th.
They have also said they are working on not allowing any temporary construction lane closures on the day of the eclipse to help keep traffic moving.
- Anderson
- Atascosa
- Bandera
- Bell
- Bexar
- Blanco
- Bosque
- Bowie
- Brown
- Burnet
- Camp
- Cass
- Cherokee
- Coleman
- Collin
- Comal
- Comanche
- Coryell
- Dallas
- Delta
- Denton
- Dimmit
- Edwards
- Ellis
- Erath
- Falls
- Fannin
- Franklin
- Freestone
- Frio
- Gillespie
- Grayson
- Gregg
- Hamilton
- Harrison
- Hays
- Henderson
- Hill
- Hood
- Hopkins
- Hunt
- Johnson
- Kaufman
- Kendall
- Kerr
- Kimble
- Kinney
- Lamar
- Lampasas
- Leon
- Limestone
- Llano
- Marion
- Mason
- Maverick
- McClennan
- McCullough
- Medina
- Menard
- Milam
- Mills
- Morris
- Navarro
- Parker
- Rain
- Real
- Red River
- Robertson
- Rockwall
- San Saba
- Smith
- Somervell
- Sutton
- Tarrant
- Titus
- Travis
- Upshur
- Uvalde
- Val Verde
- Van Zandt
- Williamson
- Wood
- Zavala
If you have any questions about the restrictions you should call the TxDMV Permit Office at 1-800-299-1700, and choose option 2.
Other states are implementing similar restrictions, this includes Arkansas, Indiana, and New York.
