Notice to Truckers – 2013 Load Restrictions
Under the Highway Traffic Act, the province enforces reduced load restrictions on trucks to protect Ontario's highways during spring thaw, when road damage is most likely to occur.
Note: Reduced loads limits will be in effect where and when signs are posted depending on road and weather conditions. On this page where roads are highlighted, they are restricted at this time.
Under an experimental program, qualified forest companies may move full summer loads on load-restricted highways, for a period of up to a month before the removal of reduced load restrictions, provided they meet the Tire Pressure Control Systems TPCS Program Requirements set out by the Ministry of Transportation for TPCS use in Ontario.
This page last updated: February 8, 2013
Restriction on Permits Issued Under the Highway Traffic Act
All annual and project permits for moving of heavy vehicle loads, objects or structures, in excess of limits set out in the Act, unless otherwise specified are not valid on any highways during the months of March and April, in the southern portion of Ontario, and March, April, and May in the northern portion.
For purposes of this restriction, the province is divided, west to east, by a line formed by the Severn River to Regional Rd. 169; Regional Rd. 169 from Washago to Hwy. 12; Hwy. 12, from Regional Rd. 169 to Hwy. 7, north of Sunderland; Hwy. 7, from Hwy. 12 to Regional Rd. 7B at Carleton Place; Regional Rd. 7B to Hwy. 15; and Regional Rd. 29 to Arnprior.
Single trip permits, for moving of overloads on highways not designated in Schedules 1, 2 and 3, may be issued, but are subject to axle controls established by the Ministry of Transportation.
Reduced Load Limits Period
Schedule 1 Highways
Pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act, the ministry will impose reduced load limits for those designated parts of the King's Highways listed in Schedule 1, when appropriate, between March 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013.
Schedule 2 Highways
Pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act, the ministry will impose reduced load limits for those designated parts of the King's Highways listed in Schedule 2, when appropriate, between March 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013.
Schedule 3 Highways/Roads
Pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act, the ministry will impose reduced load limits for those designated parts of the King's Highways/Roads listed in Schedule 3, when appropriate, between March 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013.
Schedule 1 - March 1 to April 30, 2013
There are no highways in this schedule having a reduced load period.
Schedule 2 - March 1 to May 31, 2013
When signs are posted, the following highways will have a reduced load limit for their entire length:
| 510 | 522 | 524 | 525 | 528 | 528A | 529 | 529A | 538 | 539A |
| 540A | 542A | 553 | 554 | 558 | 559 | 560A | 563 | 564 | 567 |
| 568 | 569 | 570 | 571 | 572 | 573 | 574 | 577 | 579 | 580 |
| 582 | 585 | 586 | 587 | 591 | 592 | 593 | 595 | 597 | 602 |
| 603 | 605 | 607 | 607A | 609 | 611 | 613 | 615 | 617 | 619 |
| 621 | 624 | 630 | 636 | 639 | 641 | 642 | 645 | 647 | 650 |
| 651 | 652 | 665 | 667 | 668 | 670 | 671 | 672 | 673 | 802 |
| 804 | 805 | 810 | 811 | 7036 – Potter Rd. | 7037 – Hanna Rd | 7041 – Whitefish Falls Rd. | 7042 – Old Wanup Rd. | 7044 – Old Cartier Rd. | 7048 – Five Mile Dock Rd. |
| 7057 – Willard Lake Rd. | 7059 – Longbow Lake Rd. | 7069 – Sunshine Loop Rd. | 7072D – Young St. | 7085 – 29 Hill | 7090 – Harmony Beach Rd. | 7102 – Dock Rd. | 7104 – Ellek Rd. | 7110D – Old Highway 67 | 7122 – Mill Lane Rd. |
| 7125 – Rockeries Rd. | 7140 – Geneva Lake Mine Rd. | 7152 – Golf Course Rd. | 7171 – Raith | 7182 – Shebeshekong Rd. | |||||
Nungesser Road |
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Reduced load limits where highlighted. |
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When signs are posted, the following highways will have a reduced load limit for these listed locations:
| Hwy # | Location | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 16.2 km north of Jct. Hwy. 554 to 48 km south of the south Jct. of Hwy. 101 | ||||||||
| 516 | 30.2 km north of Jct. 642 east to Hwy. 599 | ||||||||
| 518 | 16 km east of Hwy. 400/69 east to west limits of Sprucedale, and east of Kearney to the Twp. of Perry/Town of Kearney boundary | ||||||||
| 520 | Hwy. 124, north to the Hamlet of Ardbeg | ||||||||
| 523 | Jct. Hwy 60 at Madawaska south to Hasting/Nipissing County boundary | ||||||||
| 527 | 0.1 km north of Jct Hwys 811 and 527 | ||||||||
| 532 | 6.4 km north of Jct. Hwy. 556 to end of Hwy. 532 | ||||||||
| 533 | Hwy. 656, northwest to Hwy. 63 | ||||||||
| 534 | Jct. Hwy. 524 north to the Restoule Provincial Park | 535 | 1.6 km north of Hwy. 17 north to its end | ||||||
| 539 | 0.5 km north of Warren, north to Jct. Hwy. 64 | ||||||||
| 540 | Hwy. 540B (west entrance), west to Meldrum Bay | ||||||||
| 542 | Hwy. 6, west to Jct. of Hwys. 540 and 540B | ||||||||
| 546 | 0.6 km north of Jct. Hwy. 17 north to end of Hwy. 546 | ||||||||
| 548 | Maple St. (Hilton Beach) south to southwest limits of Richard's Landing | ||||||||
| 551 | West Jct. of Hwy. 542 south to Providence Bay | ||||||||
| 556 | Hwy. 532 to Hwy. 129 | ||||||||
| 557 | 2.7 km north of Jct. Hwy. 17 (Jct. of Granary Lake Rd.) north to end of Hwy. 557 | ||||||||
| 566 | 2 km west of the Montreal River at Matachewan to its end | ||||||||
| 575 | Hwy. 17 to 1 km south of Jct. Hwy. 64 | ||||||||
| 581 | Jct. 7181 north for 6 km to Remi Lake Provincial Park | ||||||||
| 583S | Town limits, 4.1 km south of Hwy. 11 to its end | ||||||||
| 588 | 1.6 km south of Hwy. 11/17, west to end of Hwy. 588 | ||||||||
| 589 | 9.6 km north of Jct. Hwy. 591, north to end of Hwy. 589 | ||||||||
| 594 | Hwy. 502, west to Hwy. 17 | ||||||||
| 596 | 1 km north of Hwy. 17A, north to its end | ||||||||
| 599 | 62 km north of Hwy. 17, to end of Hwy. 599 | ||||||||
| 600 | 0.5 km north of Hwy. 11, northeasterly to Jct. of Hwy. 71 | ||||||||
| 601 | 1.6 km north of Hwy. 17 (west leg) to 5 km north of Hwy. 17 (east leg) (Dryden Airport) | ||||||||
| 608 | 1 km west of Hwy. 61 west to Hwy. 595 | ||||||||
| 612 | The Muskoka/Parry Sound district boundary, north to Hwy. 69 | ||||||||
| 625 | 0.5 km south of Jct. Hwy. 11, south to end of Hwy. 625 | ||||||||
| 632 | Muskoka/Parry Sound District boundary, north to Hwy. 141 at Rosseau | ||||||||
| 634 | Cloutierville Road at 3.4 km north of Hwy. 11 to its end | ||||||||
| 638 | 2.5 km north of east Jct. Hwy. 17, north to 1.3 km east of west Jct. Hwy. 17 | ||||||||
| 643 | 700 m west of Hwy. 584 to end of Hwy. 643 | ||||||||
| 657 | 0.8 km east of Hwy. 105 east to its end | ||||||||
| 7025 | Shrine Hill Dr., from Jct. of Hwy. 60 at Hillcrest Ave. north of Wilno, easterly 0.8 km to Jct. of Hwy. 60 | ||||||||
| 7045 | MacIntyre Rd., from Hwy. 17 north 1.5 km to Jct. of Trout Lake Rd. | ||||||||
| 7082 | Shebeshekong Rd., Jct. of Hwy. 17 to the Regional Municipality of Walden limits (4.6 km) | ||||||||
| 7088 | Havilland Shores Dr., west side Hwy. 17, 0.3 km from Hwy. 17 west 1.3 km | ||||||||
| 7089 | Havilland Shores Dr., east side Hwy. 17, from Hwy. 17 east 0.6 km | ||||||||
| 7090 | Dumont Rd. from Hwy.69 easterly 0.6 km | ||||||||
Reduced load limits where highlighted. |
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Schedule 3 - March 1 to June 30, 2013
When signs are posted, the highways/roads within the following territories will have a reduced load limit:
North Bay Area |
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| Ballantyne and Laurier | Lount | Phelps | White Pine |
| Bidwell Lake | Marten Lake | Pringle | Wyse and Poitras |
| Eldee | Memesagamesing | Tilden Lake | Yellowstone |
| Ellsmere | Mills and Hardy | Thorne | |
| Laurier | Patterson | Wilson and McConkey | |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||
Sudbury Area |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Lake | Dill Second | Robinson | Trout Lake N. |
| Britt | Lang Lake | Rock Lake | Wallbridge S. |
| Burwash-Hendrie | Foster Truman | Long Lake | Whiskey Lake |
| Cartier | Fourteen Mile Island | Lost Channel | Willisville |
| Chiniguchi R. | Harris Lake | Ministic Lake | |
| Dawson | Hess | Onaping Falls | |
| Downes Lake | Kukagami | Red Deer Village | |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||
| Huntsville | ||||
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| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | ||||
New Liskeard Area |
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| Anima Nipissing | Crystal Lake | Lebel (Harvey) Kirkland | Otto |
| Bayly Marter | Eby-Grenfell | Lebel (King) Kirkland | Pacaud and Catharine |
| Beauchamp | Foleyet | Lorraine Twp. | Robillard |
| Bourkes | Gogama | Marquis | Savard |
| Bryce | Henwood | Marter | Sheraton |
| Cane | Horwood | Mattagami Twp. | Star Lake |
| Cairo and Alma Twp. | Ingram | Ossian | Watabeag |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||
Cochrane Area |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Brower | Dunning | Nellie Lake (Aurora) | Tunis |
| Casgrain | Fournier | Hunta | West Riverside |
| Coppell/Kendall/Way | Frederickhouse | Indian-Sand Lake | |
| Departure Lake | Hallebourg | Kitigan | |
| Driftwood | Hanlan | Norembega | |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||
Sault Ste. Marie Area |
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| Aberdeen and McMahon | Galbraith-Morin | Kettle Lakes | Vankoughnet and Aweres |
| Aweres 1 S.L.B. | Garden Lake | Northland Lake | Vixen Lake |
| Aweres 2 S.L.B. | Gaudette and Hodgins | Patton and Montgomery | Wabos |
| Devil's Lake | Goulais Mission | Peace Tree | Wharncliffe |
| Devon Landing | Havilland S.L.B. | Red Rock | |
| Esher-Como-Healy | Hawk Junction | Sultan | |
| Fenwick, Pennefather and Vankoughnet | Horseshoe Bay | Tilley | |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||
Thunder Bay Area |
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| Armstrong | Hardwick | Mountain Bay | Strange |
| Dawson Rd.-Goldie | Hicks Lake | Northern Light Lake | Sunset Lake |
| Devon | Inwood | Obonga Lake | Sala |
| Firehill | Jacques | Perch Lake | Ware |
| Forbes | Lybster | Polly Lake | White Sand Lake |
| Fowler | Lyon | Sibley | |
| Gorham | Marks | Stirling | |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||
Kenora Area |
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| Aubrey East | Kendall Inlet | Nickel Lake Shores | Spruce Lake Road |
| Bears Passage | Kenricia | Pearson Landing | Storm Bay |
| Big Stone Bay | Kingsford | Pellatt No. 2 | Sutherland |
| Blindfold Lake | Laclu | Pickerel Lake | Tannis Lake (Gundy Lake) |
| Britton | Manitou Rapids FN | Pratt | Van Horne |
| Clearwater Lake | McCallum Point | Red Pine Ridge | Wabigoon Redvers West |
| Colenso, Redvers E. & Wabigoon E. | McConnell Lake | Redditt | Wabigoon South East |
| Cygnet Lake Rd. | McIntosh | Reef Point | Wainwright |
| Dance | McKenzie Portage | Rowell | War Eagle |
| Ena Lake | Melgund | Rugby | West Longbow Lake |
| Engineer Lake Road | Minaki | Rush Bay-Woodchuck Bay | Zealand No. 1 |
| Eton | Mine Centre | Sherwood Lake | Zealand No. 3 |
| Ghost Lake | Miscampbell | Southshore | |
| Gordon Lake | Mutrie | Southwatten | |
| Inglis Lake | Nanicost Centre | Southworth | |
| Ingolf | Nelles | Spohn | |
| Reduced load limits where highlighted. | |||