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R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 598: GROSS WEIGHT ON BRIDGES
under Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8
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R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 598
GROSS WEIGHT ON BRIDGES
Historical version for the period February 8, 2008 to November 13, 2008.
Last amendment: O. Reg. 18/08.
This Regulation is made in English only.
1. No person shall move a vehicle or combination of vehicles on, over or upon a bridge described in Column 1 of Schedule 1, 2 or 3.2 if the gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles is greater than the weight in tonnes set opposite in Column 2. O. Reg. 18/08, s. 1.
2. No person shall move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a class described in Column 2 of Schedule 4, 5, 6, 9 or 10 on, over or upon a bridge described in Column 1 if the gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles is greater than the weight in tonnes set opposite in Column 3. O. Reg. 47/03, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 1
COVERED BRIDGE OVER GRAND RIVER, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Bridge |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
Bridge No. 33-58, a King’s Highway, so designated September 16, 1937, on Township Road No. 62 at West Montrose in Lot 75, German Company Tract, in the Township of Woolwich, in the County of Waterloo, now in the Township of Woolwich in The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, over the Grand River. |
3 tonnes |
O. Reg. 366/96, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 2
PIKE LAKE STRUCTURE
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Bridge |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
Bridge No. 48C-37, known as the Pike Lake Structure, Pike Lake Road, Lot 8, Concession IV, in the Township of Gorham, in the Territorial District of Thunder Bay, over the Ferguson Creek. |
3 tonnes |
O. Reg. 362/04, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 3 Revoked: O. Reg. 18/08, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 3.1 Revoked: O. Reg. 141/07, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 3.2
SHEWFELT BRIDGE — LOCAL ROADS BOARD OF FENWICK/PENEFEATHER/VANKOUGHNET
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Bridge |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
Bridge No. 38S-031, known as the Shewfelt Bridge, on Old Goulais Bay Road of the Local Roads Board known as Fenwick/Penefeather/Vankoughnet in the Sault Ste. Marie Area. |
5 tonnes |
O. Reg. 474/05, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 4
EAST IRONDALE RIVER BRIDGE
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Bridge |
Vehicle |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
1. Bridge No. 40-57, known as the East Irondale River Bridge, Lot 5, Concessions V and VI, in the Township of Glamorgan in the County of Haliburton, over the East Irondale River. |
single vehicle |
12 tonnes |
single vehicle with one towed vehicle |
18 tonnes | |
single vehicle with two towed vehicles |
27 tonnes |
O. Reg. 768/92, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 5
WHITEFISH RIVER BRIDGE
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Bridge |
Vehicle |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
1. Bridge No. 48W-73, known as the Whitefish River Bridge, lots 2 and 3, Concession 4, in the Township of Strange in the Territorial District of Thunder Bay, over the Whitefish River. |
single vehicle |
10 tonnes |
single vehicle with one towed vehicle |
16 tonnes | |
single vehicle with two towed vehicles |
25 tonnes |
O. Reg. 401/93, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 6
GRAND RIVER CONCRETE BOW STRING BRIDGE
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Bridge |
Vehicle |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
1. Bridge No. 9-2, known as the Grand River Concrete Bow String Bridge, located on Argyle Street South, formerly Highway 6, in The Corporation of Haldimand County, formerly Town of Caledonia, over the Grand River. |
single vehicle |
18 tonnes |
single vehicle with one towed vehicle |
32 tonnes | |
single vehicle with two towed vehicles |
45 tonnes |
O. Reg. 151/02, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 7 Revoked: O. Reg. 47/03, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 8 Revoked: O. Reg. 54/02, s. 3.
SCHEDULE 9
CNR/CPR OVERHEAD STRUCTURE
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Bridge |
Vehicle |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
1. Bridge No. 21-311, known as the CNR/CPR Overhead Structure, on that part of the King’s Highway known as No. 2, in the Township of Murray, in the County of Northumberland. |
single vehicle |
20 tonnes |
single vehicle with one towed vehicle |
35 tonnes | |
single vehicle with two towed vehicles |
45 tonnes |
O. Reg. 75/96, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 10
HAWKEYE CREEK AND HAWKEYE CREEK TRIBUTARY BRIDGES
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Bridge |
Vehicle |
Gross Weight Limit in Tonnes |
1. Bridge No. 48W-240, known as the Hawkeye Creek Tributary Bridge, on that part of the King’s Highway known as No. 589 located in the Township of Jacques, in the Territorial District of Thunder Bay, over the Hawkeye Creek Tributary. |
single unit |
17 tonnes |
single vehicle with one towed vehicle |
28 tonnes | |
single vehicle with two towed vehicles |
38 tonnes | |
2. Bridge No. 48W-241, known as the Hawkeye Creek Bridge, on that part of the King’s Highway known as No. 589 located in the Township of Jacques, in the Territorial District of Thunder Bay, over the Hawkeye Creek. |
single unit |
17 tonnes |
single vehicle with one towed vehicle |
28 tonnes | |
single vehicle with two towed vehicles |
38 tonnes |
O. Reg. 74/98, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 11 Revoked: O. Reg. 470/01, s. 1.