Heavy load travelling from Lloydminster to Fort Saskatchewan

A large load will be travelling from Lloydminster to Fort Saskatchewan, causing travel delays from Dec. 9 to 10. (Google Earth)

Drivers may experience delays as a large, slow-moving load travels from Lloydminster to Fort Saskatchewan Tuesday and Wednesday.

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The load being transported is an acetylene hydrogenation reactor used to purify ethylene streams in the petrochemical industry. The reactor is 6.4 metres wide, 8.3 metres high and 60.4 metres long. Trailers carrying the 420,170-kg unit contain 256 wheels.

Due to its large size and weight, the load will travel at a maximum speed of 60 km/h with guide vehicles using the entire width of the highway including the shoulder.

The load will leave north Lloydminster using the following route:

Day 1 - Dec. 9 (depart 7 a.m., day move)

• Exit from 5207 67 St. Lloydminster
• 67 Street westbound
• Township Road 502 westbound
• Range Road 14 southbound
• Highway 16 westbound
• Highway 36 southbound
• Highway 14 westbound
• Highway 834 northbound
• Highway 15 westbound (park at Lamont wide spot)

Day 2 - Dec. 10 (depart at 9 a.m., day move)

• Highway 15 westbound
• Range Road 220 northbound
• west into site