Large, slow-moving load travelling from Edmonton and Fort McMurray [Video]

A large, heavy load will travel between Edmonton and Fort McMurray starting on Tuesday.

In the early morning hours, a coker drum will leave Dacro Industries Inc. at 9325 51 Ave.

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It will travel at a maximum speed of 60 km/h and take up the entire width of the highways it travels on – sometimes blocking traffic in both directions.

From its starting point in Edmonton, the drum will travel on:

• 51 Avenue, east;
• 75 Street, south;
• Whitemud Drive, east counterflow;
• Highway 216, south counterflow;
• Highway 14, east (staging at a point on the highway until daylight);
• Highway 36, north;
• Highway 45, east.

The load will park at the Two Hills scale overnight.

On Jan. 8, travel will resume along Highway 45 east, going to:

• Highway 36, north;
• Highway 29, east;
• Highway 36, north;
• Highway 28, west;
• Highway 63, north.

The load will stop in …