Public Notice

2026 Borough Wide Weight Restrictions

Within the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, roads have the following weight restrictions:

CORE AREA Extending from the Little Susitna River Bridge on the Parks Hwy to the Chickaloon River Bridge on the Glenn Hwy

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th at 12:01 AM Until further notice 50% legal axle load

(Core area restrictions may also be enforced on city-maintained roads in the City of Houston, Palmer and Wasilla. Contact their Public Works Dept. for more information.)

Axle loading limits are expressed as a percentage of allowable axle weight defined in 17 AAC 25.013.

Weight restriction exemptions that apply to ADOT roads also apply to Borough roads. Additional emergency restrictions may be applied. Emergency restrictions will be advertised in the Frontiersman and posted on our website: https://matsu.gov/weight-restrictions Oops! Looks like this link is broken. We are working on it!

For additional information, contact the Borough Public Works Department at 861-7755.

For weight restrictions that apply to state-maintained roads, please go to https://dot.alaska.gov/mscve/pages/weightrestrictions.html

Updated: April 6, 2026