2/10/2011
ConocoPhillips shipment safely completes overnight travel on U.S. 12
LEWISTON - An oversized ConocoPhillips load traveling on U.S. 12 safely moved about 30 miles, arriving at a pullout at 2:20 a.m. Thursday, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The shipment started near milepost 104 at 10:07 p.m. Wednesday (PST) and stopped at milepost 136.
Traffic along the route Wednesday night and Thursday morning was minimal. The transport encountered approximately eight westbound vehicles and four eastbound vehicles, all of which passed the oversized load at predetermined pullouts.
The ConocoPhillips load will resume traveling tonight at 10 and proceed into Montana if weather and road conditions permit.
The oversized load and three others scheduled to follow are limited to travel between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. Each load will travel from Lewiston to the Idaho/Montana border.
Transports will stop at designated pullouts along the 174-mile route to allow vehicles to safely pass. ConocoPhillips established a toll-free information line, updated daily at noon, for reports on the shipment. The number is (866) 535-0138.
Motorists also can check ITD's website, itd.idaho.gov, the state's traveler service website, 511.idaho.gov, or dial 5-1-1 for information.
The shipment started near milepost 104 at 10:07 p.m. Wednesday (PST) and stopped at milepost 136.
Traffic along the route Wednesday night and Thursday morning was minimal. The transport encountered approximately eight westbound vehicles and four eastbound vehicles, all of which passed the oversized load at predetermined pullouts.
The ConocoPhillips load will resume traveling tonight at 10 and proceed into Montana if weather and road conditions permit.
The oversized load and three others scheduled to follow are limited to travel between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. Each load will travel from Lewiston to the Idaho/Montana border.
Transports will stop at designated pullouts along the 174-mile route to allow vehicles to safely pass. ConocoPhillips established a toll-free information line, updated daily at noon, for reports on the shipment. The number is (866) 535-0138.
Motorists also can check ITD's website, itd.idaho.gov, the state's traveler service website, 511.idaho.gov, or dial 5-1-1 for information.