PUBLIC NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES

CENTRAL REGION

SEASONAL WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

Issue Date: April 16, 2024

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 Dillingham and Bethel road systems are also included within the Central Region.

AREA-WIDE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

• All (except for the following individual roads listed below) State maintained paved roads in the Matanuska-Susitna area (south of Parks Hwy MP 163 / south of Glenn Hwy MP 118 and north of the Eklutna Interchange) – 75% and no overloads.

   

• All State maintained gravel roads in the Matanuska-Susitna area (south of Parks Hwy MP 163 / south of Glenn Hwy MP 118 and north of the Eklutna Interchange) – 50% and no overloads.

   

• All (except for the following individual roads listed below) State maintained paved roads in the Kenai Peninsula Area (south of Seward Highway MP 75 at Ingram Creek Bridge) – 75%

   

• All State maintained gravel roads in the Kenai Peninsula Area (south of Seward Highway MP 75 at Ingram Creek Bridge) – 50%

• All State maintained paved roads in the Dillingham Area. – 75%

   

• All State maintained gravel roads in the Dillingham Area. – 50%

   

• All State maintained paved and gravel roads in the Bethel Area. – 75%

Following roads restricted to 100% of legal axle load, No Overloads:

• 5^th & 6^th Ave.
• A & C Streets
• Benson Blvd.
• Boniface Parkway
• Dimond Blvd.
• Dowling Rd. (Lake Otis to Raspberry Rd.)
• Gambell Street
• Glenn Highway MP 0 to MP 54 (Anchorage to Moose Creek)
• I & L Streets
• Ingra Street
• International Airport Road
• Minnesota Drive
• Muldoon Road
• N. Birchwood Loop (Glenn Hwy. to Old Glenn Hwy.)
• Northern Lights Blvd. (West of Postmark Dr.)
• O’Malley Road (Old Seward Hwy. to New Seward Hwy.)
• Ocean Dock Road
• Old Glenn Hwy. MP. 0 to MP. 8.1 (Artillery Rd. to Ski Rd.)
• Parks Hwy (Glenn Parks Interchange to MP 163)
• Portage Glacier Road
• Post Road
• Postmark Drive
• Reeve Blvd.
• S. Birchwood Loop (Glenn Hwy. to Old Glenn Hwy.)
• Seward Highway
• South Aircraft Drive
• Tudor Road
• Kenai Spur Highway
• Swanson River Road
• Bridge Access Road
• Kalifornsky Beach Road
• Sterling Hwy

   

  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:

• Glenn Hwy MP 54 to 118 (Moose Creek to boundary)

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:  Burrell Nickeson, Central Region Maintenance and Operations,

Phone:  907-269-0757, Fax:  907-248-1573, Email: burrell.nickeson@alaska.gov