2138
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BY-LAW NO. 2138
OF
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN
RESTRICTæNG 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
þy the Department make regulations limiting the
weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles or
any class therof passing over such bridge:
AND WHEREAS 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 emply or loaded, shall be operated
over any bridge designated in Schedule No.1, and 2,
forming part of thœs 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 effectiv.e 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 BY-LAW NO. 2104 of the County of Elgin is hereby repealed.
ENACTED and passed this 17th day of November 1970.
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WARDEN
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SCHEDULE NO. 1
BRIDGES ON COUNTY ROADS
Schedule Bridge Road Name of Location Weight Year of Type 0 f
1 No. No. Bridge Limit in Const- Floor
(DHO) Tons ruction Finish
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1. 5-15 30 Patterson Lots 8 & 9
Con. II,
Township of
Yarmouth 15 1908 Concrete
2. 5-144 43 Cooks Lot 1, Con. V
Township of
Bayham 15 1907 Bituminous
3. 5-146 43 Phi llmore Lot 3, Con. VI
Township of
Bayham 15 1909 Bituminous
4. 5-14 52 Carrs Lot 5,
Range II,
North of
Edgeware Road
Township of Early
Yarmouth 10 1900's Bituminous
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SCHEDULE NO. 2
COUNTY BRIDGES ON TOWNSHIP ROADS
Schedu 1e Bridge Name of Location Weight Year 0 f Type of
2 No. Bridge Limit in Const- Floor
(DHO) Tons ruction ,Finish
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l. 5-59 Robbins Lot 5,
River Road
Township of
Southwo1d 5 1898 Wooden
2. 5-60 Fulton Lots 3 & 4,
Mill Road,
Township of
Southwo1d 15 1912 Concrete
3. 5-133 Meeks Lot 16,
N.U. Road,
Township of
Southwo1d 20 1900 Concrete
4. 5-138 Jamestown Lot 28, Con. II
Township of
Yarmouth 15 1908 Bituminous
5. 5-158 Vienna Lot 14, Con. III Unknown
Bayham, Now in Reconst-
Village of Vienna 20 ructed in
1933 Concrete
6. 21-47 Acacia Lot 22, Con. X,
Township of Bayham
(Road in poor
Condition) 2 1908 Wooden