MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE          

Traffic Engineering Department          

Seasonal Vehicle Weight Restrictions

For current information visit our web site at http://www.muni.org/Departments/traffic/Pages/TruckInformation.aspx                            
or call the Traffic Department Phone: 343-8406 / Fax: 343-8488

Effective April 8, 2024 at 8:00 A.M., with limited exception, all streets owned / maintained by the Municipality of Anchorage will be subject to the following load restrictions:

             Paved Streets - 75%

             Gravel, RAP, and Chip Sealed Streets - 50%

Weight restrictions for legal axle loads apply to all vehicles over 10,000 GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight).  These restrictions are normally imposed this time of year and could possibly be enforced through May 2024. The duration of the restrictions is dependent upon the weather and subsurface temperatures.  The purpose of these restrictions is to reduce roadway damage during spring break up. This damage can be caused by vehicles exceeding certain weight limitations.

Attached you will find a list of streets that will be physically posted with proper signing for the above weight restrictions, and for streets requiring increased restrictions.

The following Municipal roads will remain at 100%, no overloads, in accordance with the State of Alaska Seasonal Vehicle Weight Restrictions.  These roads will be at 100% until the State roads are released for overloads in order to allow port traffic to operate under the same restrictions.

Ocean Dock Road from the railroad crossing to C Street

Whitney Road from C Street to Post Road

3^rd Avenue from Post Road to Gambell Street

4^th Avenue from Ingra Street to Post Road

Ingra Street from 5^Th Avenue to 4^th Avenue

Gambell Street from 3^rd Avenue to 5^th Avenue

Point Woronzof Drive west of Postmark Drive

The following weight restriction exceptions apply:

1. Within seven days of the effective date of the restriction, vehicles enroute at the time of the restriction are allowed 100% of legal load. These vehicles are subject to the restrictions seven days after the effective date of the restriction.
2. Interstate sealed and charged produce vans are allowed 100% legal load when they have been charged prior to the effective date of the restriction. These trucks are subject to the restrictions when they have been loaded after the effective date of the restriction.
3. Intermodal (IM) portable tanks or compartments having a volume greater than 7,500 liters (1,980 U.S. Gallons) are allowed 100% of legal load because they may not be loaded to a filling density less than 80% by volume by federal law, (49CFR Part 173.32(f)(5)). A bill of lading identifying the product name and identification number is required.
4. The following vehicles are allowed 100% legal axle loading or bridge weight during more restrictive percentages, no over weights will be allowed:

1. Bulk Milk Tankers
2. Garbage and/or dumpster trucks.
3. Commercial or governmental trucks used in the transport of mobile dumpsters containing trash while in the act of transporting such dumpsters.
4. School and Municipal Buses
5. LNG Tankers
6. Sewage Pumper Trucks
7. Local Water Delivery Trucks
8. Local Home Heating Oil /Propane Delivery Trucks

    

1. Vehicles with interstate sealed and charged loads outbound from the Port of Anchorage to their first destination point are allowed up to 100% of legal load.Thereafter the vehicle shall be subject to all regular and seasonal weight restriction in effect. The vehicle route shall be a direct route that utilizes roadways at 100% as much as possible. Vehicles utilizing this exception and that are traveling on a roadway with weight restrictions of less than 100% shall not exceed speeds 10 MPH below the posted speed of that roadway. No over weights will be allowed.

The following streets will be posted with proper signs for any additional required limits effective 4/08/24 at 8:00 A.M.

Roads to be physically posted with  75% load limit signs:

1. Old Seward Highway from E. 34^th Avenue to Dowling Road

    

2. Patterson Street from Northern Lights Boulevard to Tudor Road

    

3. Arctic Boulevard from Northern Lights / Benson to Dimond Boulevard

    

4. Lake Otis Parkway from Northern Lights Boulevard to O’Malley Road

    

5. Northern Lights Boulevard from Forest Park Drive to Postmark Drive

    

6. Northern Lights Boulevard from Lake Otis Parkway to Muldoon Road

    

7. Wisconsin Street from Lake Shore Drive to W. Northern Lights Boulevard

    

8. Third Avenue from Post Road to Reeve Boulevard

    

9. 100^th Avenue from Minnesota Expansion to Victor Road

    

10. Bragaw Street from Glenn Highway to Northern Lights Boulevard

Roads to be physically posted with  50% load limit signs:

1. Lake Shore Drive from Wisconsin Street to Beechcraft Drive

    

2. Hiland Road

    

3. East 66^th Avenue from the Old Seward Highway to the New Seward Highway Frontage Road

    

4. East 68^th Avenue from the Old Seward Highway to the New Seward Highway Frontage Road

    

5. East 80^th Avenue from the Old Seward Highway to the New Seward Highway Frontage Road

    

6. Rowan Street from Dowling Road to E. 59^th Avenue

    

7. Petersburg Street from Dowling Road to E. 58^th Avenue

    

8. Cange Street from Huffman Road to O’Malley Road

    

9. East 32^nd Avenue from Muldoon Road to Cherry Street

    

10. East 36^th Avenue from Patterson Street to Cherry Street

     

11. Jewel Lake Road from Dimond Boulevard to North Point

     

12. Industry Way from Huffman Road to Old Seward Highway

     

13. Huffman Park Drive from Huffman Road to Industry Way

     

14. 156^th Avenue east of Golden View Drive

     

15. 162^nd Avenue east of Golden View Drive

     

16. 164^th Avenue west of Golden View Drive

     

17. Ransom Ridge Road west of Golden View Drive

     

18. Kallander Avenue west of Golden View Drive

     

19. Bluebell Drive east of Golden View Drive

     

20. 120^th Avenue from Old Seward Highway to Johns Road