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 May 5 at 8:00 A.M., with limited exception, all streets owned / maintained by the Munici-pality of Anchorage will be subject to the following load restrictions:

    Paved Streets - 100% (No Overloads) Except as listed below
    Gravel, RAP, and Chip Sealed Streets - 75% except as listed below

Weight restrictions for legal axle loads apply to all vehicles over 10,000 GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight). These restrictions are normally imposed at this time of year and could possibly be enforced through May 2025. 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 follow normal summer permitting operations, in accordance with the State of Alaska Seasonal Vehicle Weight Restrictions in order to allow port traffic to operate un-der the same restrictions.
Ocean Dock Road from the railroad crossing to C Street
Whitney Road from C Street to Post Road
3rd Avenue from Post Road to Gambell Street
4th Avenue from Ingra Street to Post Road
Ingra Street from 5Th Avenue to 4th Avenue
Gambell Street from 3rd Avenue to 5th Avenue
Point Woronzof Drive west of Postmark Drive
Eklutna Park Drive north of North of Glenn Highway

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 re-striction.
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:

a. Bulk Milk Tankers
b. Garbage and/or dumpster trucks.
c. Commercial or governmental trucks used in the transport of mobile dumpsters containing                        trash while in the act of transporting such dumpsters.
d. School and Municipal Buses
e. LNG Tankers
f. Sewage Pumper Trucks
g. Local Water Delivery Trucks
h. Local Home Heating Oil /Propane Delivery Trucks
5. 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. There-after the vehicle shall be                        subject to all regular and seasonal weight restrictions 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 May 5, 2025, at 8:00 A.M.

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

1. Lake Shore Drive from Wisconsin Street to Beechcraft Drive
2. Hiland Road
3. East 66th Avenue from the Old Seward Highway to the New Seward Highway Frontage Road
4. East 68th Avenue from the Old Seward Highway to the New Seward Highway Frontage Road
5. East 80th Avenue from the Old Seward Highway to the New Seward Highway Frontage Road
6. Rowan Street from Dowling Road to E. 59th Avenue
7. Petersburg Street from Dowling Road to E. 58th Avenue

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

8. 156th Avenue east of Golden View Drive
9. 162nd Avenue east of Golden View Drive
10. 164th Avenue west of Golden View Drive
11. Ransom Ridge Road west of Golden View Drive
12. Kallander Avenue west of Golden View Drive
13. Bluebell Drive east of Golden View Drive
14. Goldenview Drive and Rabbit Creek Road (North Leg)
15. E 140th Ave and De Armoun Road
16. 120th Avenue from Old Seward Highway to Johns Road