12/17/2011
Selway shipment safely reaches Lewiston Port of Entry
BOISE - An over-legal load being transported on U.S. 12 by the Selway Corp. reached the Lewiston Port of Entry on Saturday shortly after 4 a.m., the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The shipment will resume travel on Monday night at 10 p.m. The Port of Entry is at milepost 310 on U.S. 95.
The load started traveling Friday evening from Stevensville in Montana toward Snoqualmie Falls, Wash. It entered Idaho on U.S. 12 shortly after 10 p.m. Friday. It is a pipe that weighs 185,000 pounds, is 95 feet in length, 22 feet wide and 17.10 feet high. The large-diameter pipe will divide water into two channels for a hydro project at Snoqualmie Falls.
The shipment is allowed to travel from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. in Idaho, and will enter Washington on U.S. 195 north of Lewiston Monday night or Tuesday morning.
Three traffic control flaggers, three pilot vehicles, an ambulance and a Selway Corp. service vehicle will accompany the shipment.