Bridge restrictions
Southland District Council has fixed maximum weight and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles on bridges.
Every year Council undertakes testing of our bridges to determine the maximum weight and speed limits they can safely support. Below is a table listing the motor vehicle weight class and the speed limit.
The bold restrictions indicate changes made since June 2021.
STRUCTURE NUMBER |
NAME OF ROAD |
NAME OF WATERWAY |
WEIGHT LIMITS, MAX WT ON ANY AXLE(KG), POSITION ON BRIDGE |
Gross AND AXLE WEIGHT (% CLASS 1) |
MAX SPEED LIMIT (KM/HR) |
2861.001 |
Anderson Rd 4 |
Bastion Cr |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2459.001 |
Argyle Otahuti Rd |
Railway over bridge |
Light vehicles only |
|
|
1253.001 |
Badwit Rd |
Waituna Cr |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
2865.001 |
Benmore Otapiri Rd |
Winton Stm |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2865.003 |
Benmore Otapiri Rd |
Winton Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
2865.004 |
Benmore Otapiri Rd |
Winton Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2895.002 |
Benmore Rd |
Oreti R Trib |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
1186.001 |
Birch Rd |
Waituna Cr |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2494.001 |
Breeze Rd |
Mossburn Cr |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
1606.001 |
Bridge Inn Rd |
Waikiwi Stm |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
1056.001 |
Buckingham Rd |
Waikawa R Trib |
Central on bridge |
60% |
30 |
3353.001 |
Carter Rd |
Waimea Stm |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
2563.001 |
Channel Rd 1 |
Makarewa Flood Ch |
Central on bridge |
Light vehicles only |
10 |
3654.001 |
Cumming Rd |
Stag Stm |
Central on Bridge |
100% |
10 |
1565.002 |
Davidson Rd 3 |
Gold Cr |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2371.002 |
Dunearn Rd |
Terrace Cr Trib |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
3363.001 |
Duthie Rd 2 (Bdy Rd) |
Kelvin Stm |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2115.003 |
Feldwick Rd |
Orauea R |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
1373.001 |
Frazer Rd (Bdy Rd) |
Waiarikiki Stm |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
1992.001 |
Fryer Rd |
Taunoa Stm |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2373.001 |
Harbour Endowment Rd |
Henderson Cr Trib |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2373.002 |
Harbour Endowment Rd |
Henderson Cr |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
3626.003 |
Hillas Rd |
Acton Stm |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
3902.002 |
Horseshoe Bay Rd |
Backwater |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
3736.001 |
Hume Rd |
Mataura R |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
1658.001 |
Kirkbride St |
Tomoporakau Cr |
Central on bridge |
40% |
10 |
1332.001 |
Klondyke Rd |
Caddon Burn |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
3407.002 |
Lake Monowai Rd |
Waiau River |
|
Axles 7,000 kg, Gross 28,500 kg |
10 |
3407.004 |
Lake Monowai Rd |
Lake Overflow |
|
80% |
10 |
3004.002 |
Lang Rd 2 |
Dipton Stm |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
1376.001 |
Lauderdale Bush Rd |
Marairua Stm |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2623.001 |
Mandeville Rd |
Makarewa R Trib |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
1008.001 |
Manse Rd |
Waikawa R |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
1065.001 |
Marinui Rd |
Marinui Stm |
Central on bridge |
70% Class 1 Axles 6,600kg |
10 |
1281.001 |
Mataura Island Titiroa Rd |
Mataura Island Backwash |
Central on bridge |
Light vehicles only |
10 |
1334.002 |
Matheson Rd 2 |
Cadden Burn |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2868.002 |
Matthews Rd |
Otapiri Stm |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2868.003 |
Matthews Rd |
Otapiri Stm |
Central on bridge |
60% |
10 |
3002.002 |
McDonald Rd 4 |
Dipton Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
1584.001 |
McKerchar Rd 1 |
Myross Cr |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
2515.001 |
McKinnon Rd 2 |
Mossburn Cr |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
1086.001 |
Morrison Rd West |
Tokanui R |
Central on bridge |
100% |
30 |
3158.002 |
Murphy Rd |
Okaiterua Stm |
|
50% |
10 |
9576.001 |
Off Webb Rd |
Thornbury Stm |
Central on bridge |
60% |
10 |
1206.001 |
Orr Rd 1 |
Duck Cr N Brch |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2828.007 |
Otapiri Mandeville Rd |
Ruhtra Stm |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
2055.005 |
Papatotara Coast Rd |
Rowallan Burn |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
1002.001 |
Progress Valley Rd |
Waikawa R Trib |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2128.001 |
Purvis Rd |
Orauea Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2897.001 |
Riverside School Rd |
Dipton Stm |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
2897.002 |
Riverside School Rd |
Dipton Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
1054.001 |
Scrubby Hill Rd |
Waikawa R E Brch |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2555.001 |
Sharks Tooth Rd |
Sharks Tooth Cr |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
3652.005 |
Sutherland Rd |
Murray Cr |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
3144.001 |
Tomogalak Rd |
Tomogalak Stm |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
2856.002 |
Turnbull Rd |
Winton Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
100% |
10 |
1168.001 |
Waghorn Rd |
Currans Cr |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
3617.001 |
West Dome Station Rd |
Oswald Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
3147.001 |
Wilson Rd 7 |
Larnach Stm |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2858.001 |
Winton Channel Rd |
Bastion Cr |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
1355.001 |
Woods Rd 1 |
Oware Stm |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
Southland District Council Notification of Closed Bridges June 2021
Structure number |
name of road |
name of waterway |
|
|
|
2444.001 |
McLeish Rd 2 |
Middle Cr |
|
Closed |
|
2475.001 |
Nelson Rd |
Lochiel Stm |
|
Closed |
|
2596.001 |
Scott Rd 2 |
Makarewa R |
|
Closed |
|
2526.001 |
Thomsons Crossing Rd |
Winton Stm |
|
Closed |
|
2654.001 |
Welsh Rd East |
Winton Stm |
|
Closed |
|
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Regulation 11(3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Southland District Council has revoked the following maximum weight and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridges described hereunder:
Structure number
|
name of road |
name of waterway |
weight limits max wt on any axle(KG) position on bridge |
gross and axle weight (% class 1) |
max speed limit (KM/HR) |
3248.001 |
Argyle Rd |
Steven Burn |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
1164.001 |
Ashers Rd |
Gorge Cr |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
3143.002 |
Biggar Rd 2 |
Tomogalak Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
1296.002 |
Braid Rd |
Waimahaka Stm Trib |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
3346.001 |
Bruce Rd |
Mandeville Drain |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
3598.002 |
Dunrobin Valley Rd |
Aparima R Trib |
|
70% |
10 |
3347.001 |
Fortune Rd |
Mckeller Stm |
Central on bridge |
90% |
10 |
1498.001 |
Hedley Rd |
Titipua Stm |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2476.001 |
Howden Rd |
Lochiel Stm |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
3342.001 |
Kingsbury Rd |
McKeller Stm |
Central on bridge |
60% |
10 |
2066.005 |
Lillburn Monowai Rd |
Dean Burn Trib |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
3694.001 |
Parawa Station Rd |
Parawa Stm |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
3245.012 |
Piano Flat Rd |
Charcoal Cr |
Central on bridge |
80% |
10 |
2503.001 |
Pullar Rd |
Grove Bush Cr |
Central on bridge |
50% |
10 |
3618.001 |
Taylor Rd 4 |
Oswald Stm |
|
40% |
10 |
1166.002 |
Waituna Lagoon Rd |
Currans Cr Trib |
Central on bridge |
70% |
10 |
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