GREENE COUNTY — For the second time in two weeks, a “superload” moved through part of Greene County. This time, it was nearly 600,000 pounds.
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Piqua Steel Company moved an electric transformer from the Fairborn Railroad site at the 400 block of E. Xenia Drive to the AES substation site on Dayton Xenia Road.
The transformer weighs over 369,000 pounds, but the load including the truck weighed 595,000 pounds and was 145 feet long.
The superload caused moving road closures to allow it to move safely and efficiently.
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Drivers like Stephen Brown ran into the moving roadblocks Wednesday morning.
“I had to take another route,” Brown said.
A lot of coordination from police, linemen, and other escorts goes into moving something as big as this superload. Two weeks ago, another superload made the trip on the same route laid out on Wednesday.
“A lot goes into it and then the day of, it’s just making sure that everything goes off without a hitch,” Emily Gay, Communications Manager for the City of Fairborn, said.
Crews have to plan the specific route that’ll take streets that can fit the superload and that are strong enough to handle the weight.
News Center 7’s Xavier Hershovitz spoke with the Greene County engineer Wednesday morning and they said another superload will be moving through next week, with more expected throughout the month.
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