7/28/2011
ExxonMobil shipments scheduled to travel from Port of Lewiston on Saturday, Sunday
BOISE - ExxonMobil equipment shipments are scheduled to travel this weekend from the Port of Lewiston to the Idaho-Montana state line on U.S. 95 and Interstate 90, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
One shipment will leave the port Saturday at approximately 10 p.m. The other will leave Sunday, also at approximately 10 p.m.
Both shipments are 17.6 feet wide, 14 feet high and 76 feet long. One weighs 85,000 pounds, and the other 88,000 pounds. They are carrying modules to Alberta, Canada.
The shipments will travel north on U.S. 95 to the Interstate 90 interchange in Coeur d'Alene, then east on Interstate 90 to the Montana border. The average speed is expected to be 35 mph. Traffic delays will be limited to 15 minutes. Twenty-five locations have been identified to allow traffic to pass.
Two Idaho State Police patrol vehicles and pilot vehicles will accompany each load.