PUBLIC NOTICE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
CENTRAL REGION
SEASONAL WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
Issue Date: April 1, 2025
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.
Effective Monday, April 7, 2025, at 8:00 A.M. The following State maintained roads are restricted to the following:
AREA-WIDE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
- All (except for the following individual roads listed below) state maintained paved roads in the Anchorage, Eagle River, and Girdwood areas (south of Eklutna interchange MP 28.6 Glenn Hwy and north of Seward Hwy MP 75 at Ingram Creek Bridge) -75%
- 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%
- 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%
- All 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 and gravel roads in Dillingham area – 75%
- All State maintained paved and gravel roads in Bethel area – 75%
INDIVIDUAL ROAD WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
The following roads are restricted to 100% of legal axle load, no overloads:
- 5th & 6th Aves
- A & C Streets
- Benson Blvd
- Boniface Pkwy
- 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
- Kenai Spur Hwy: MP 5 to MP 38.4
- Minnesota Drive
- Muldoon Road
- N. Birchwood Loop (Glenn Hwy. to Old Glenn Hwy.)
- Northern Lights Blvd. (Postmark Dr to Lake Otis)
- 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 Highway (Glenn/Parks Interchange to MP 163)
- Portage Glacier Road
- Post Road
- Postmark Drive
- Reeve Blvd
- South Aircraft Drive
- S. Birchwood Loop (Glenn Hwy. to Old Glenn Hwy.)
- Seward Hwy:
- MP 0 to MP 26
- MP 37 to MP 125
- Sterling Hwy:
- MP 37 to MP 44
- MP 55 to MP 157
- MP 169 to MP 175
- Swanson River Rd
- 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 Rd
- Glenn Highway MP 54 to MP 118
- Kalifornsky Beach Rd
- Kenai Spur Hwy: MP 0 to MP 5
- Sterling Hwy:
- MP 44 to MP 55
- MP 157 to MP 169
- Seward Hwy: MP 26 to MP 37
The following roads are restricted to 50% of legal axle load, no overloads:
- Big Lake Road
- Hollywood Road
- Church Road
- Vine Road
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