Superload to Travel through Jay, Adams, Allen, DeKalb Counties Friday
Slow-moving, oversize load to advance through Fort Wayne District
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NORTHEAST INDIANA – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces that Indiana Specialized Transport has been permitted to temporarily close portions of U.S. 27, U.S. 224, S.R. 101, S.R. 1 and U.S. 6 tomorrow, April 12, to accommodate two slow-moving, oversize loads.
The super-loads will depart from Indianapolis tomorrow, April 19, and stop in Bryant overnight. The loads will depart Bryant on Friday, April 20, at 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. to travel through the Fort Wayne District.
Short-term closures of cross streets will take place throughout the move, and where roads are only two lanes, the highway section will be closed to allow the convoy, traveling 15 mph, to pass. Drivers should be prepared for temporary closures and slow-moving traffic along the super-load’s route.
Below are more details on the route planned for Friday, April 20.
- The convoy will begin on U.S. 27 northbound, out of Bryant in Jay County
- The convoy will travel U.S. 27 northbound to U.S. 224 eastbound through Adams County
- The convoy will continue on U.S. 224 eastbound to S.R. 101 northbound, through Allen County
- From S.R. 101 northbound, the convoy will advance to S.R. 1 northbound in DeKalb County
- The convoy will finish its move through Indiana on U.S. 6 eastbound in DeKalb County toward the Ohio State Line.
