Weight restrictions ordered
LANSING –The Michigan Department of Transportation and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads.
Effective 6 a.m. Monday, weight restrictions will be expanded to cover all state trunkline highways for the entire state. State routes typically carry M, I, or US designations.
On routes designated as “all-season,” there will be no reduction in legal axle weights.
On routes designated as “seasonal,” there will be a posted weight reduction of 25 percent for rigid (concrete) pavements and 35 percent for flexible (asphalt) pavements.
County road commissions and city public works departments put in place their own seasonal weight restrictions.
For weight restriction information and updates, call 800-787-8960, or visit www.Michigan.gov/Truckers, under “Restrictions.”