GREENE COUNTY — A more than 400,000-pound “superload” moved through part of the Miami Valley Thursday.
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To move something that is hundreds of thousands of pounds takes a lot of people and a lot of coordination.
“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 at Fairborn said.
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The electric transformer weighs more than 235,000 pounds.
To move it across Fairborn they need a special trailer which all together combines to a weight of over 400,000 pounds and a height of 19 feet.
“It does take a lot of time to move it from one place to another, even though we’re not going very far, it’s just the whole process,” Gay said.
Fairborn police, Greene County Sheriff’s deputies and Ohio State Highway Patrol help block out streets.
“It’s like a rolling barricade at some of these intersections,” Gay said.
Crews also have to lift traffic lights and powerlines to fit the load under.
This is just one of several superloads they’ll be taking through town.
The Greene County Engineer said to expect at least one a month through 2025.
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