10/3/2011
Equipment shipments scheduled to use U.S. 12, U.S. 95 and I-90 this week
BOISE – Two companies have received approval to move over-legal equipment shipments on U.S. 12, U.S. 95 and Interstate 90 this week, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
Nickel Bros is scheduled to move three equipment loads for Weyerhaeuser on U.S. 12.
The first will arrive in Idaho from the Port of Wilma in Clarkston, Wash., shortly after 10 p.m., Tuesday, then travel east on U.S. 12 to the Montana border. It is 23.3 feet high, 20 feet wide, 121 feet long and weighs 191,380 pounds. The final destination is a Weyerhaeuser plant in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
It will travel at night and be accompanied to the Montana 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 73.8 on U.S. 12
– Second night: Milepost 73.8 to milepost 4 on U.S. 12 in Montana
On Thursday, the second shipment is scheduled to arrive in Idaho from the Port of Wilma shortly after 10 p.m. It weighs 418,676 pounds, is 21.3 feet high, 17.8 feet wide and 191 feet long.
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 milepost 103.8
– Third night: Milepost 103.8 in Idaho to milepost 4 in Montana
The third shipment is scheduled to arrive in Idaho on Saturday, also shortly after 10 p.m. It weighs 179,650 pounds, is 24 feet high, 20 feet wide and 104 feet long.
The travel schedule is:
– First night: Port of Wilma to milepost 73.8 on U.S. 12
– Second night: Milepost 73.8 in Idaho to milepost 4 on U.S. 12 in Montana
Pullouts have been identified to allow traffic to pass, limiting traffic delays to about 15 minutes. The shipments will travel between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.
Ryash
received approval to move three over-legal storage hoppers on U.S. 95
and Interstate 90 from Lewiston to the Idaho/Montana state line early
Tuesday morning. The over-legal permit requires that departures be
scheduled an hour apart from the Port of Lewiston, with a start time of
12 a.m. on Tuesday. The shipments will travel north on U.S. 95 to Coeur
d'Alene, then east on Interstate 90 to Montana.
Dimensions of the loads are:
- 24 feet wide, maximum of 14 feet high, 94 feet long and 145,00 pounds
- 24 feet wide, maximum of 14 feet high, 103 feet long and 156,000 pounds
- 24 feet wide, maximum of 14 feet high, 87 feet long and 129,000 pounds
All three hoppers are scheduled to make the trip to the Idaho/Montana state line by 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. The permits require that traffic delays be limited to 15 minutes, and that shipments be accompaniment by pilot vehicles.
The loads will pull over at pre-determined locations on U.S. 95 to allow flaggers to direct other vehicles around the shipments.