Super-heavy load moving from Blackfalds to Fort Mac on April 22

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• Exit from 5421 Industrial Way, Blackfalds
• Blackfalds Industrial Way southbound
• Highway 597 eastbound
• Highway 815 southbound
• Highway 11 eastbound
• Highway 601 northbound
• Highway 21 northbound
• Highway 14 eastbound
• Highway 834 northbound
• Highway 15 westbound
• Highway 29 eastbound
• Highway 831 northbound
• Highway 28 westbound
• Highway 63 northbound
• Stage at Radway Scale (6 p.m.)

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Day 2 April 23 (7 a.m. day move)

• Highway 63 northbound
• Stage at point of entry 35 km south of Fort McMurray (3 p.m.)

Day 3 April 24 (2 a.m. night move)

• Highway 63 northbound
• East Athabasca Highway eastbound
• South into Imperial Oil site (5 a.m.)

Quick facts

• The load being transported is a motor control centre (MCC) building designed to house, protect and centralize electric motor controllers and electrical equipment.
• The building is 7.9 metres wide, 8.2 metres high, and 52 metres long.
• The weight of the unit is 200,700 kilograms, including support equipment.

The trailers carrying the unit contain 96 wheels.

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