DANVILLE — The large wide load grounded Monday remained in town Tuesday, awaiting a part needed for repairs before it continues to West Virginia.
Front Street remained closed from Route 54 to Mill Street, where the 150-foot-long, 100-ton windmill base sat on a trailer.
The part for a damaged rear turning axle was ordered from Alabama and is expected to be delivered today, Danville Police Chief Eric Gill said.
On Tuesday afternoon, a wide load of half a house went through Danville and was able to sneak around the downed trailer and onto the bridge, Gill said.
He said another officer escorted the load since he “was sick of them.”
He spoke Tuesday with state Department of Transportation officials. He said they are working to make arrangements with construction companies on Interstate 80 to alleviate wide loads coming through Danville. The wide loads are avoiding construction areas on the interstate.
“PennDOT has been excellent to work with, and I have gotten 100 percent cooperation from them and they are very concerned about our troubles. They have made a serious and concerted effort to stopping the wide loads,” he said.
As for reports that there may be four more wide loads of middle and top bases for the windmill headed toward Danville, he said he didn’t know if there was any truth to that.
When the back of the trailer hit a tree and a curb on Front Street on Monday while trying to turn onto the Danville-Riverside bridge, a tire blew and the axle was damaged.
The rig and base sat there, resulting in the bridge being closed for six hours before the base and trailer could be lifted and slid.
Because of damage to the trailer, it couldn’t be moved, so the crane that lifted it was reactivated to move the trailer and base farther back on Front Street so the bridge could be reopened at 5:45 p.m. Monday.
The big load was the second to go through Danville. The first made it across the bridge, but its engine reportedly blew later Monday at All Saints Cemetery in the Elysburg area. The trailer also was reported to have cracked. That base was the same size as the one remaining in Danville.
The wide loads began their trip in Toronto, Canada.
Gill said he hasn’t had time to calculate how many wide loads have gone through Danville in recent months.
He also hasn’t figured the man hours his department spent on Monday’s wide load call.
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