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Super-wide load travels down 63 tonight and tomorrow night

A super-wide load that started its trek from Lloydminster to Fort McMurray Tuesday, will be on 63 tonight and tomorrow night.

It travels at night between 10PM and 6AM, and will cause some temporary closures.

Besides weighing over 300,000 kilos, the load is almost 12 metres wide, which will take up the entire width of the highway, shoulder included.

Tonight it leaves the Wandering River turnout and will make it to the Fort McMurray Staging Area on the highway

Tomorrow night starting at 11PM it will leave the Staging Area, head through the city and arrive to site north of Fort McMurray .

August 2nd, 2013