9/21/2011
Nickel Bros shipment receives permit to use U.S. 12 starting tonight
BOISE - Nickel Bros received an over-legal permit today that will allow it to start moving an equipment shipment for Weyerhaeuser on U.S. 12 tonight after 10 p.m., the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The equipment is for a high-efficiency evaporator plant that is designed to reduce greenhouse gases and generate electricity from steam.
The shipment will arrive in Idaho from the Port of Wilma in Clarkston, Wash., shortly after 10, then travel east on U.S. 12 to the Montana border. It is 29 feet high, 24 feet wide, 185 feet long and weighs 567,650 pounds. The final destination is a Weyerhaeuser plant in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It will travel at night and be accompanied to the state line by an ambulance and pilot cars. Nickel Bros is a contract hauler that specializes in moving large loads.
The travel schedule is:
- First night: Port of Wilma in Washington to milepost 38.8 on U.S. 12
- Second night: Milepost 38.8 to to milepost 73.8
- Third night: Milepost 73.8 to milepost 139.4
- Fourth night: Milepost 139.4 to milepost 169
- Fifth night: Milepost 169 into Montana
Pullouts have been identified to allow traffic to pass, limiting traffic delays to about 15 minutes. The shipment will travel between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.