A slow-moving superload has resumed travel through portions of Trigg County, today.
The superload has been parked near the Wallonia community in Trigg County over the last week. Shortly after the crew started rolling this morning, the load was halted due to a crash involving a support vehicle. After a delay to allow police to investigate the crash, the crew now plans to resume travel with the super load around Noon.
The load has a permit to move from a parking spot at Seven Springs Farms southward along KY 276 to U.S. 68, then travel west on U.S. 68 to Cadiz where it will take KY 139/South Road into Tennessee. Miller Transport & Rigging has been working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to obtain permits for travel along mostly 2-lane highways through West Tennessee into Mississippi.
The 195 ft. long truck with a 19-axle trailer is escorted by about a dozen support vehicles. It is hauling an over-dimensional, almost 200-ton load from near Cincinnati, OH, to Aberdeen, Mississippi. Due to the 17 ft. – 6 inch height of the load, the truck has to move along mostly rural routes to avoid highway and interstate overpasses that normally have a 15 ft. – 6 inch clearance.
The multi-axle truck normally averages about 5 to 10 miles per hour on the road.
Due to the width and height of the load, the effort required by support crews to help the superload maneuver creates significant traffic delays, particularly going through cities where utility lines and traffic signals may have to be raised to allow it to pass.
Motorists who encounter the load should use appropriate caution and follow directions of the escort crew and police.