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Wide loads. They're at it again.

Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by snowwy, May 9, 2019.

  1. May 9, 2019 #1
    snowwy

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  3. May 10, 2019 #2
    Kshaw0960

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    Oh my lord. Are they serious? 2 lane to 1 lane for a YEAR?!

    224 mile detour for wide loads?! Oh wow who thought this through.
     
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  4. May 10, 2019 #3
    D.Tibbitt

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    224 mile detour?? They should be paying for the drivers fuel for that nonsense
     
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  5. May 10, 2019 #4
    snowwy

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    That 224 miles is an error. It's only 67 miles as later stated.

    Still sucks though if you're over 12 ft. Not a very friendly road for wide loads with oncoming traffic. Thankfully it's not heavily traveled unless nevada washes out again.

    It was a 3 year project that didn't wrap up till 2 years ago. Now they're doing a 1 year project.
     
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  7. May 10, 2019 #5
    booley

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    Especially when you meet up with another oversize doing the same detour from the opposite direction.
     
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  8. May 10, 2019 #6
    Gatordude

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    Man, this project was just done......... about 10yrs ago. Remember the hassle of this. Everyone needs to practice patience as traffic thru the gorge is gonna be a challenge.
     
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  9. May 11, 2019 #7
    HoneyBadger67

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    10yrs ago is a long time, especially with the increase in traffic that the gorge has experienced. I'm all for bridge maintenance and I don't care how often they do it. I've been over some that I hold my breath until they're in my mirrors.
     
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  10. May 15, 2019 #8
    RollinThunderVet

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    The detour is 224 miles in length, 67 miles longer than the i15 route. At least, that's what the article is saying.
     
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  11. May 15, 2019 #9
    snowwy

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    Yep.
     
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