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BY-LAW NO. 2041
OF
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN
RESTRICTING THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES
PASSING OVER BRIDGES
WHEREAS subsection 8 of Section 52 of the Highway Traffic
Act (R.S.O. 1960) provides that:
The Municipal Corporation or other authority having
jurisdiction over a bridge may by By-Law approved by
the Department make regulations limiting the weight
of any vehicle or combination of vehicles or any class
thereof passing over such bridge:
AND I*ŒREAS it is deemed expedient to limit the weight of
vehicles passing over certain bridges in the County of Elgin:
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County
of Elgin enacts as follows:
1. No vehicle or combination of vehicles or any class thereof,
whether empty or loaded, shall be operated over any bridge
designated in Schedule No.1, 2, and 3, forming part of
this By-Law with a weight in excess of weight limit prescribed
in the Schedule for such bridge.
2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this By-Law
shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 52 of the
Highway Traffic Act.
3. This By-Law shall not become effective until approved by the
Department of Transport and until a notice of the weight
permitted, legibly printed, has been posted up in a conspicuous
place at either end of each bridge designated in the attached
Schedules.
4. BY-LAW NO. 2021 of the County of Elgin is hereby repealed.
ENACTED and passed this 19th day of November, 1968.
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WARDEN
SCHEDULE NO. 1
BRIDGES ON COUNTY ROADS
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Schedule
1 Bridge Road Name of Location Weight Year of Type of
No. No. Bridge Limit in Const" Floor
Tons l"uction Finish
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1. 26 21 She1bourne Lot 16, 10 1900 Concrete
or Warren St. N.L.R.
Village 0 f
Port Stanley
2. 29 45 Catfish Lot 25, 10 Unknown \,ooden
Creek Con. 5 & 6
Twsp. of
Yarmouth
3. 30 30 Patterson Lots 8 & 9 15 1908 Concrete
Con. II,
Twsp. of
Yarmouth
4. 54 43 Cooks Lot 1, Con. 5, 15 1907 Concrete
Twsp. of
Bayham
5. 55 43 Phi11more Lot 3, Con. 6, 15 1909 Concrete
Twsp. of
Bayham
6. 63 52 Carrs Lot 5, 10 Early Bituminous
Range II, 1900's
North of
Edgeware Road
Twsp. of
Yarmouth
,
Schedule
2 Bridge
No.
- -
1. 23
2. 24
3. 25
4. 27
5. 52
6 61
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SCHEDULE NO. 2
COUNTY BRIDGES ON TO¡~SHIP ROADS
Name of Location ¡,èight Year of Type 0 f
Bridge Limit in Const- Floor
Tons ruction Finish
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Robbins Lot 5, 5 1898 Wooden
River Road,
Twsp. of
Southwo1d
Fulton Lots 3 & 4, 15 1912 Concrete
Mill Road,
Twsp.of
Southwo1d
Meeks Lot 16, 20 1900 Concrete
N.U. Road,
Twsp. of
Southwo1d
Jamestown Lot 28, Con. 2, 15 1908 Concrete
Twsp. of
Yarmouth
Vienna Lot 14, Con. 3, 20 Unknown Concrete
Bayham, Now in Recon-
Vi llage 0 f structed
Vienna in 1933
Acacia Lot 22, Con. 10, 2 1908 Wooden
Twsp. of
Bayham (Road in
poor condition)
SCHEDULE NO. 3
BOUNDARY BRIDGES ¡ITTH OTHER MUNICIPA1ITIES
ADJOINING ELGIN
ALSO REQUIRED FROM ADJOINING }WNICIPALITY'
Schedule
3 Bridge Road Name of Location Weight Year of Type 0 f Adjoini1
No. No. Bridge Limit in Const- Floor Municip,
Tons ruction Finish ity
- - -- -
1. 3 5 ¡;¡alker Lot 1, 10 1902 Bitumin- County .
B.F.C., ous Middles.
Twsp. of
Dunwich
2. l~ Tait's Lot 7, 15 1914 Concrete "
B.F.A.
Twsp of
Dunwich
3. 5 8 Willey's Lot 14, 10 1907 Concrete "
B.F.A.
Twsp. of
Dunwich
l~ . 17 Ling i S Lot 49, 15 1907 Concrete "
East Side,
T.R.N. Br.,
Twsp. of
Southwo1d
5. 22 33 Kains Lot 1, Con 3 15 1899 Concrete City of
T,~sp. of St.
Yarmouth Thomas