97-21
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 97-21
BEING A BY-LAW TO RESTRICT THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES
PASSING OVER BRIDGES
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WHEREAS Section 123 (2) of the Highway Traffic Act, being Chapter
990, as amended, provides that
"The Municipal Corporation or other authority having jurisdiction
over a bridge may by by-law approved by the Ministry limit the
gross weight of any vehicle or any class thereof passing over
such bridge, and the requirements of Subsection 1 with respect
to the posting up of notice apply thereto."; and
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R.S.O
of vehicles passing
mit the weight
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to
over certain bridges in the County of Elgin
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the
County of Elgin enacts as follows
1 That no vehicle or any class thereof, whether empty or loaded,shall be
operated over any bridge designated in Schedules No.1 and No.2, forming part of
this By-Law with a weight in excess of the weight limit prescribed in the Schedule for
such bridge
2. That any person violating any of the provisions of this By-Law shall be
subject to the penalty provided in Section 125 of the Highway Traffic Act.
3 That this By-Law shall not become effective 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
1999
By-Law No. 95-3 of the County of Elgin be and is hereby repealed
November 14
be effective unti
This By-Law sha
That
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5
1997
1997
this 24th day of June
rry J. Meze~nberg
Warden
this 24th day of June
READ a third time and finally passed
cDonald,
County Administrator/Clerk
time
and second
READ a first
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SCHEDULE NO.2
By-Law No. 97-21
Type of
Floor
Finish
Year of
Construc-
tion
COUNTY BRIDGES ON TOWNSHIP ROADS
Weight
Limit in
Tonnes
Location
Name of
Bridge
Bridge
No.
(MTO)
Number
Concrete
1912
1 - 12
2 - 18
3 - 23
Level
Level
Level
Lots 3 and 4, Range
I, West of River
Road, Township of
Southwold
Fulton
5-60
1
Wood
1909
Level 1 - 10
Level 2 - 16
Level 3 - 25
I
Lot 28, Con.
Township of
Yarmouth
Jamestown
5-138
2
Concrete
1925
Level 1 - 10
Level 2 - 15
Level 3 - 24
Lot 14, Con
Bayham - now In
the Village of
Vienna
Vienna
5-158
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These weight limits are based on the detailed evaluations and recommendations of MIG
Engineering Ltd. as per their report dated November 19, 1994.
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By-Law No. 97-21
SCHEDULE NO
Type of
Floor
Finish
Year of
Construction
BRIDGES ON COUNTY ROADS
Weight
Limit in
Tonnes
Location
Name of
Bridge
Road
No
Bridge
No.
(MTO)
Number
Concrete
1900
8
Lot 16, Range
North of Union
Road, Township
of Southwold
Meeks
27
5-133
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MIG
This weight limit is based on the detailed evaluations and recommendations of
Engineering Ltd. as per their report dated November 19, 1994.