The Wyoming Department of Transportation (Wyoming DOT) is alerting motorists that a slow moving superload carrying a transformer will be transported from Laramie to Medicine Bow beginning Monday, June 30.
The superload will be leaving the Laramie railyard Monday morning and is estimated to make it onto I-80 at the Snowy Range on-ramp at mile marker 311 by 10:30 a.m. From there, the superload will move west to the truck parking lot at milepost 307.
On Tuesday, July 1, the superload will leave the truck parking around 5:00 a.m. and drive to Arlington at mile marker 272 on I-80. The journey is anticipated to take around 2 hours. From there, the transport will take Wyoming Highway 13 to US Highway 30/287, ending its route in Medicine Bow.
The transport dimensions are 17’3” tall, 26’ wide, 385’ long and weighs 1,484,000 lbs. Due to the size of the superload, both lanes of travel will be used. Not to cause damage to the interstate the transport will be traveling at 25-30 mph, dropping to 10 mph over bridges. Stoppages and travel delays should be expected.
The transport is anticipated to return to the Laramie railyard the second week of July. Two more transformers will be moved this summer. Schedule details to come.
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