Next super load starts its way across Ohio: Where to expect delays
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A super load will head out from Adams County on Thursday, one week after the first of its kind started its journey.
The Ohio Department of Transportation and Ohio State Highway Patrol will escort the oversized shipment. Departure is expected to begin around 8 a.m., leaving a dock east of Manchester.
Like the one before it, this super load weighs 390,000 pounds and measures over 18 feet tall and wide and 200 feet long. The super load is headed for Freepoint Eco-Systems recycling facility near Hebron, not Intel's Ohio One site in New Albany. Future shipments will head toward the Intel site.
The largest of the eventual super loads will weigh at 900,000 pounds and measure 24 feet tall, 19 feet wide, and 270 feet long. Nearly two dozen super loads are scheduled to move across Ohio roadways in the coming months. Each load is expected to take 8-15 days, causing road closures and delays along the route.
Due to St. Patrick's Day, the load will not be allowed to move through Columbus on Sunday. After the shipment reaches Rickenbacker International Airport on Saturday, it will remain there until the following Saturday, March 23. It is expected to reach its Hebron destination on Monday, March 25.
Here is information on the super load routes:
From Manchester to central Ohio
- From the dock site east of Manchester, it will travel east on U.S. 52 to West Portsmouth.
- At West Portsmouth, cross over into the U.S. 52 westbound lanes just before the junction of the State Route 239 on ramp to U.S. 52 westbound.
- Travel north on the State Route 239 southbound ramp to State Route 73/SR 104
- Travel south in the northbound lanes of State Route 73/SR 104 to U.S. 52
- Travel east on U.S. 52 in the westbound lanes to U.S. 23 in Portsmouth
- Travel north on U.S. 23 southbound ramp to U.S. 52 westbound
- Travel north on U.S. 23 in the northbound lanes to the intersection with Kinneys Lane and Argonne Road
- Cross over into the northbound lanes and travel north on U.S. 23 to the Village of Piketon
- In the Village of Piketon cross over into the southbound lanes of U.S. 23 at Market Street to maneuver around the traffic signals then cross back over into the northbound lanes of U.S. 23
- Travel north on U.S. 23 to Chillicothe
- Take U.S. 35 west to State Route 104 north
- Take 104 north to State Route 762 near Commercial Point
- Travel east on State Route 762 to Rickenbacker Parkway
- 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. 33
- Travel east in the westbound lanes of U.S. 33 to the Gender Road southbound to U.S. 33 westbound ramp in Canal Winchester
- Travel the wrong way on the Gender Road southbound to U.S. 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 U.S. 40 in Etna
Loads traveling to Hebron
- Travel east on U.S. 40 to State Route 79 in Hebron
- Travel the wrong way on the State Route 79 southbound off ramp to U.S. 40
- Travel north in the southbound lanes on State Route 79 to local roads
Loads traveling to New Albany
- Travel west on U.S. 40 to Etna Parkway
- Travel north on Etna Parkway to State Route 16
- Travel east on State Route 16 to State Route 310
- Travel north on State Route 310 to State Route 161
- Travel west on State Route 161 to local roads