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Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Regulations

made under

Section 27A of the

Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Act

S.N.S. 2005, c. 7

O.I.C. 2026-155 (effective May 1, 2026), N.S. Reg. 116/2026

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Authorizations and permits

Prohibited activities on Bridges and property

Weight limits

Minimum speed limits

Emergency telecommunications facility

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations, the following

definitions apply:

“Act” means the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Act ;

“authorized” means granted permission, either orally or in writing, to act in a

manner contrary to a provision of these regulations by the Chief Executive Officer,

a traffic officer or a person designated to do so by the Chief Executive Officer,

including taking any actions described in a permit;

“emergency telecommunication facility” means any telecommunication equipment

installed on a Bridge or other Link Nova Scotia property for the purpose of

permitting Bridge users to report to and communicate with Link Nova Scotia if an

accident or other emergency occurs;

“Link Nova Scotia property” means the real property and structures that are either

owned by Link Nova Scotia or that, by agreement with the Halifax Regional

Municipality or the Province, are maintained or controlled by Link Nova Scotia,

including those located at the east and west end of each Bridge, and includes all of

the following:

(

i) in respect of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge,

(

A) the bikeway entrance-exit ramp adjacent to the east-bound exit

road leading to Barrington Street, and

(

B) the Dartmouth-bound entrance ramp from Barrington Street,

(ii) in respect of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge,

(

A) in Halifax-the approach ramps from their respective junctions

with Barrington, Robie and Windsor Streets, and

(

B) in Dartmouth-Highway 111 to the eastern boundary of the

Victoria Road interchange and the entire area occupied by the

Victoria Road interchange as defined by the Department of

Public Works;

“mobility aid” means a wheelchair or other device, whether motorized or not,

designed and being used to facilitate the transport, in a seated position, of an

individual with a physical disability, including a physical limitation on the ability

to walk or move;

“permit” means a written document respecting travel on a Bridge issued on behalf

of Link Nova Scotia under

Section 3;

“recreational apparatus” means a device capable of transporting an individual

while being propelled by that individual’s muscular power, other than a bicycle or

a mobility aid, and including all of the following:

(

i) a kick scooter,

(ii) a skate board,

(iii) in-line skates,

(iv) roller skates,

(

v) a non-motorized conveyance designed for children[,] such as a

balance bike, ride-on car or toy conveyance, and includes a

conveyance that would otherwise meet the definition of bicycle but

whose wheels do not meet the minimum size criteria;

“telecommunication” means any transmission, emission or reception of signs,

signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio,

visual or other electromagnetic system;

“traffic officer” means a police officer of Halifax Regional Municipality, a member

of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or any person appointed by Link Nova

Scotia as a traffic officer;

“ Weights and Dimensions of Vehicles Regulations ” means the Weights and

Dimensions of Vehicles Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Act .

Authorizations and permits

(1) The Chief Executive Officer and persons they designate to do so may issue a

permit.

permit may be issued and may designate the employees of Link Nova Scotia who

may issue a permit.

(3) The Chief Executive Officer may prescribe the form of permit to be used by Link

Nova Scotia.

Prohibited activities on Bridges and property

(1) Other than a person authorized by Link Nova Scotia, a person must not do any of

the following on Link Nova Scotia property:

(

a) use a recreational apparatus;

(

b) park or leave a vehicle;

(

c) damage property of Link Nova Scotia;

(

d) throw any material, substance or thing from any portion of the Bridges or

deposit or leave any material, substance or thing on any portion of the

Bridges;

(

e) climb on any portion of the Bridges;

(

f) travel upon any area of the Bridges other than

(

i) for vehicles, the vehicular roadbed,

(ii) for cyclists, the bicycle lane;

(

g) operate a vehicle, other than a bicycle, on the bicycle lane on the Angus L.

Macdonald Bridge;

(

h) walk a bicycle on a bicycle lane, unless it is unsafe to do otherwise;

(

i) for a pedestrian, use or enter upon any portion of the Bridges other than the

sidewalk;

(

j) use or enter upon any portion of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge unless they

are driving, or riding as a passenger in, a vehicle.

(2) Without a permit, a person must not do any of the following on any portion of the

Bridges:

(

a) ride a horse or other animal or drive a vehicle drawn by a horse or other

animal;

(

b) drive a vehicle that has a total outside width, including any load thereon,

greater than 2.6 m;

(

c) drive a road roller, tracked equipment or similar heavy equipment;

(

d) carry any dynamite or other explosive or dangerous material.

(3) Without a permit, a person must not drive a crane, backhoe, wheel loader, grader,

asphalt spreader, forklift, tractor or other vehicle that is not a passenger vehicle or a

truck that Link Nova Scotia, in its discretion, believes likely to impede the normal

flow of traffic

(

a) at any time on the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge; or

(

b) between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the A. Murray MacKay

Bridge.

Weight limits

5 Other than a person authorized by Link Nova Scotia, a person must not operate any of

the following vehicles or combination of vehicles on any portion of the Bridges or any

Link Nova Scotia property:

(

a) on the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, a truck or other vehicle designed to

carry freight or merchandise that has a gross vehicle weight of more than

3200 kg;

(

b) on the A. Murray MacKay Bridge, a vehicle or combination of vehicles,

either unladen or with load, that

(

i) exceeds the axle weight, gross vehicle weight or maximum weight

for an axle assembly on a vehicle on a maximum weight road listed

in

Schedule “ C ” to the Road List[s] Regulations as permitted to

operate under the Weights and Dimensions of Vehicles Regulations ,

(ii) otherwise does not comply with the Weights and Dimensions of

Vehicles Regulations .

Minimum speed limits

6 Unless directed so to do by a traffic officer or by a traffic signal, a person must not drive

or operate a vehicle upon the Bridges

(

a) at a speed slower than 20 km/h; or

(

b) at a speed slower than 30 km/h on a day other than Saturday, Sunday or a

public holiday in the Halifax Regional Municipality and between the hours

of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Emergency telecommunications facility

7 A person must not use any emergency telecommunication facility other than to report an

accident or other emergency to Link Nova Scotia or otherwise communicate with Link

Nova Scotia in respect of an accident or emergency.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Regulations

N.S. Reg.

116/2026

Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Regulations made

under the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridges Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

116/2026

May 1, 2026

date specified

May 15, 2026

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table unless specifically referenced.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.