Rail bridges weight restrictions

Salford City Council proposes to make the City of Salford (Rail Bridges, Salford Highways Network) (Various Weight Limits) Order 2025 under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

The effect of the Order will be to introduce the following weight limits:

Prohibition of Vehicles Over Maximum Gross Weight of 7.5 Tonnes

• Oldfield Road, from its junction with Barlow Road to a point 50 metres north of its junction with Duncan Street
• Frederick Road, from a point 150 metres southwest from its junction with Lissadel Street to its junction with Strawberry Road
• Bridge Street, from its junction with Lottie Street to its junction with Gladstone Street.

Prohibition of Vehicles Over Maximum Gross Weight of 3 Tonnes

• Gardner Street, from its junction with Gloucester Street to the extended north western kerbline of Higham View.

Prohibition of Vehicles Over Maximum Gross Weight of 18 Tonnes

• Station Road, from its junction with Cromwell Road to its junction with Boundary Road.

Prohibition of Vehicles Over Maximum Gross Weight of 13 Tonnes (with exemption for buses)

• Cemetery Road South, from its junction with Rutland Street to its junction with Cromwell Road;
• Old Clough Lane, from a point 40 metres south from its junction with How Clough Drive to its junction with Devoke Avenue.

A copy of the proposed Order together with plans showing the proposals and a statement of the council's reasons for proposing to make the Order may be inspected at Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BP Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm. Details can be viewed online on this page. If you wish to object to the Order, you should send the grounds of your objection in writing to Fiona Ledden, City Solicitor PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA, or phlegal@manchester.gov.uk by 25 July 2025 quoting ref PSH/SCC006/01320.

John Searle, Executive Director of Place, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5DA

Dated: 3 July 2025