Latest super load on the move: Traffic delays expected on Sunday, April 14
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The fifth of nearly two dozen super loads moving across Ohio roadways is set to cause traffic delays Sunday on its trip to Intel.
Since March, multiple oversized loads have been transported from a dock on the Ohio River near Manchester in Adams County to either Freepoint Eco-Systems recycling facility near Hebron or Intel's Ohio One plant in New Albany. On Friday, the current shipment arrived at Rickenbacker Parkway, pausing its trip until Sunday.
This load, a kiln, weighs 549,000 pounds and measures at 21 feet tall, 18 feet wide, and just over 172 feet long. It will arrive at its destination Sunday after traveling along the following route:
- Departure at 7 a.m.
- Travel North on Rickenbacker Parkway North to Alum Creek Drive
- Travel North on Alum Creek Drive to Rohr Road
- Travel East on Rohr Road to Commerce Center Drive
- Travel North on Commerce Center Drive to Green Pointe Drive South
- Travel East on Green Point Drive South to Saltzgaber Road
- Travel South on Saltzgaber Road to State Route 317
- Travel North in the Southbound Lanes on State Route 317 past Groveport to Bixby Road East
- Travel East on Bixby Road to U.S. Route 33
- Travel East in the Westbound lanes of U.S. Route 33 to the Gender Road Southbound to U.S. Route 33 Westbound ramp in Canal Winchester
- Travel the wrong way on the Gender Road Southbound to U.S. Route 33 Westbound ramp
- Take State Route 674/Gender Road North to Brice Road
- Take Brice Road North to the intersection with Tussing Road/State Route 204 in Columbus
- Travel East on Tussing Road/State Route 204 East to State Route 310
- Travel North on State Route 310 to US Route 40 in Etna
- Travel East on U.S. Route 40 to State Route 79 in Hebron
- Travel the wrong way on the State Route 79 Southbound off ramp to U.S. Route 40
- Travel North in the Southbound lanes on State Route 79 to O’Neill Drive
- Travel East on O’Neill Drive to Milliken Drive