PUBLIC NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES

CENTRAL REGION

SEASONAL WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

Issue Date:  March 27, 2015

Weight restrictions are stated as a percentage of legal allowable weight and shall be applied to the maximum axle loading of 17 AAC 25.013(e).

The Central Region boundaries extend from Homer on the Sterling Highway and Seward on the Seward Highway to Mile 118 on the Glenn Highway and Mile 163 on the Parks Highway. The following road systems are also included within the Central Region: Kodiak, King Salmon/Naknek, Dillingham, and Bethel areas.

Location:

Effective Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 8:00 A.M. The following State maintained roads are restricted to the following:

AREA WIDE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

All State maintained roads in Dillingham area – 50%

All State maintained roads in King Salmon area – 50%

All State maintained roads in Iliamna area – 75%

All State maintained gravel roads on Kodiak Island – 75%

All State maintained paved roads on Kodiak Island – 100% no overloads

All State maintained gravel roads in the Kenai Peninsula area (south of Portage Glacier Highway) – 50%

All State maintained paved roads in the Kenai Peninsula area (south of Portage Glacier Highway) – 75%

All State maintained roads in the Anchorage, Eagle River, and Girdwood areas (south of the Eklutna Interchange and north of Portage Glacier Hwy) – 75%

All State maintained roads in the Matanuska-Susitna area (south of Parks Hwy MP 163 / south of Glenn Hwy MP 55 (Moose Creek) and north of the Eklutna Interchange) – 75%

INDIVIDUAL ROAD WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS – Individual roads that vary from the Area Wide Weight Restrictions:

The following roads are restricted to 100% of legal axle load, no overloads:

5th & 6th Ave 

A & C Streets

I & L Streets

Birchwood Loop – MP 6.2 to MP 6.62 (Glenn Hwy to Old Glenn Hwy)

Dimond Blvd

Glenn Highway – MP 0 to MP 55 (5th Ave to Moose Creek)

Gambell Street

Ingra Street

International Airport Rd

Kenai Spur (MP 0 to MP 30)

Minnesota Drive 

Muldoon Road

Northern Lights Blvd (West of Postmark Dr.)

O’Malley Road (Old Seward to New Seward)

Ocean Dock Road

Old Glenn Hwy – MP 0 to MP 8.1(Artillery Rd to Ski Rd)

Parks Hwy – MP 37 to MP 44 (Interchange to Church Rd)

Post Road  

Postmark Drive

Reeve Blvd

Seward Hwy – MP 114 to MP 125 (Potter to Ingra St.)

South Aircraft Drive

Tudor Road

The following roads are restricted to 85% of legal axle load; with 100% legal axle loads allowed on the drive axles of approved Long Combination Vehicles (LCV) of 90’ or more with at least 2 trailers on the following roads (no overloads), unless otherwise indicated:

Bridge Access Road

Kalifornsky Beach Road

Sterling Hwy

Seward Hwy MP 0 – MP 114 (Seward to Potter)

Swanson River Road (no LCV allowed)

The following roads are restricted to 50% of legal axle load:

Buffalo Mine

58 Mile

Clark Wolverine Rd

Huntley

Smith Rd

Vine Rd

Hollywood Rd

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Additional restrictions and modifications will be imposed as necessary.

Authorized Weight restrictions will only be posted on the DOT&PF Division of Measurement and Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (MSCVE) webpage.  Weight Restrictions posted on 511 or any other posting are for information only.  The most recent published public notice will supersede any conflicting information from other sources.  Public Notices can be found at: http://www.dot.alaska.gov click on “Measures & Commercial Vehicles” then under the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement tab click on  “Weight Restrictions” go to the middle of the page and click on “Central Region” than open the most recent Central Region listing.

 

The Department of Public Safety and the DOT/PF Division of Measurement and Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement will be enforcing these restrictions.

Issued By:  Todd Vanhove, Manager, Central Region Maintenance and Operations,

Phone:  907-269-0763, Fax:  907-248-1573, Email:  todd.vanhove@alaska.gov