[Vision2020] Fwd: Re: Mystery loads coming through Palouse

Sat Aug 13 12:38:51 PDT 2011

There's been construction on I-90 as soon as you hit Spokane that goes 
on for a few miles.  Traffic is merged into single lanes for part of the 
stretch (or at least it was as recently as last Thursday), so that's 
probably the reason.

Paul

P.S.  People in Spokane don't know how to merge very well, I've noticed...

On 08/13/2011 09:23 AM, Sam Scripter wrote:
>
> If we take the route to be as reported in the LMT and the MPDN,
> as correct [not necessarily a valid assumption] . . .
>
> then there must be some obstacle across Spokane and on to CdA
> [freeway reconstruction?], or from Colfax to Spokane, and also
> from Pullman to Moscow, that requires connecting from US-195
> to US-95 near the top of the Lewiston Hill, then north on 95,
> through Moscow, and on to CdA and I-90 to Montana???
>
> Anyone know how to sleuth out the barrier from Colfax to Spokane
> to CdA?
>
> S
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [Vision2020] Mystery loads coming through Palouse
> Date: 	Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:59:06 -0700
> From: 	Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com>
> To: 	Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com>
> CC: 	Jane Kauzlarich <indigo3239 at msn.com>, Moscow Vision 2020 
> <Vision2020 at moscow.com>, Jeanne McHale <jeannemchale at hotmail.com>, 
> Fritz Knorr <fritzknorr at gmail.com>, Brett Haverstick 
> <bhaverstick at yahoo.com>, Marilyn Beckett <marilynbeckett at gmail.com>, 
> Wild Idaho Rising Tide <wild.idaho.rising.tide at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> From the route description in the article, they will be coming through 
> Moscow.  To intersect with 95 from 195 they would have to.
> Saw the megaload contraption sitting at Lolo Hot Springs this week.  
> We were told the company put lots of bucks into upgrading power lines 
> in areas along Highway 12 so they wouldnâEUR^(TM)t have a repeat of 
> causing power outages along that route.  IâEUR^(TM)m not sure why as 
> most of those main power lines are underground up toward the pass.
> Sue
> *From:* Dan Carscallen <mailto:areaman at moscow.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:53 AM
> *To:* Dan Carscallen <mailto:areaman at moscow.com>
> *Cc:* Jane Kauzlarich <mailto:indigo3239 at msn.com> ; Moscow Vision 2020 
> <mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> ; Jeanne McHale 
> <mailto:jeannemchale at hotmail.com> ; Fritz Knorr 
> <mailto:fritzknorr at gmail.com> ; Brett Haverstick 
> <mailto:bhaverstick at yahoo.com> ; Marilyn Beckett 
> <mailto:marilynbeckett at gmail.com> ; Wild Idaho Rising Tide 
> <mailto:wild.idaho.rising.tide at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Mystery loads coming through Palouse
> Oops, fat fingers pushed the send button instead of the cancel button
> Looks like tonight by the article
>
> DC
>
> On Aug 13, 2011, at 6:50, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com 
> <mailto:areaman at moscow.com>> wrote:
>
>> They're not coming thru Moscow, they are going
>>
>> DC
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2011, at 5:24, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com 
>> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anybody have any knowledge of these megaloads?
>>> When will they be traveling through Moscow?
>>> Courtesy of today's (August 13, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>>> -------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>     Mystery loads coming through Palouse
>>>
>>> *Four overlegal equipment shipments going through SR 26, US 95 Sunday*
>>>
>>> Four overlegal loads will travel up U.S. Highway 95 late Sunday and 
>>> early Monday after entering Idaho through Washington State Route 195 
>>> above the Lewiston grade.
>>>
>>> Ryash Transport of Alberta, Canada, is hauling the loads from the 
>>> Port of Vancouver for an unknown company neither the Washington nor 
>>> Idaho transportation departments had information about Friday. An 
>>> employee of Ryash Transport declined to name the company when 
>>> reached by phone Friday.
>>>
>>> The loads include two hoppers - large pyramidal containers used in 
>>> industrial processes to hold particles collected from the air - both 
>>> more than 120,000 pounds, and two platforms - at least one described 
>>> as a radar platform - both weighing 77,000 pounds.
>>>
>>> One hopper and both platforms measure 20-23 feet wide and will take 
>>> up two lanes of traffic heading north on U.S. 95, Rush said, but 
>>> Ryash's transportation plan outlines turnouts and delays must be 
>>> limited to 15 minutes.
>>>
>>> The four loads will leave the Port of Vancouver an hour apart 
>>> starting 10 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 5, connect to Interstate 405 
>>> through Seattle/Bellevue - this portion of the trip can only be done 
>>> after 2:30 a.m. - to Interstate 90 to state Highway 26 all the way 
>>> to Colfax and then to S.R. 195, said Alice Fiman, a spokeswoman for 
>>> the Washington State Department of Transportation. Those loads will 
>>> be accompanied by Washington State Patrol as required under their 
>>> permits, Fiman said.
>>>
>>> The loads will also enter Idaho an hour apart starting 10 p.m. 
>>> Sunday, said Adam Rush, spokesman for the Idaho Transportation 
>>> Department. He said ITD does not have a final destination for the 
>>> load as Ryash's transportation plan states the loads will then 
>>> connect back to I-90 and into Montana.
>>>
>>> The Idaho State Police will not provide an escort, Rush said, as ITD 
>>> does not typically require it for an overlegal load. Imperial 
>>> Oil/ExxonMobil has contracted with ISP to escort its refinery 
>>> equipment shipments to the Montana border, but was not required to 
>>> by ITD, Rush said. *Brandon Macz* can be reached at (208) 882-5561 
>>> <tel:%28208%29%20882-5561>, ext. 238, or by email to bmacz at dnews.com 
>>> <mailto:bmacz at dnews.com>.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to 
>>> change and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>> - Unknown
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