A massive industrial load will travel from south Edmonton to Fort McMurray between November 2nd and 8th.
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Nov. 2 (Sunday night): Departs Edmonton around 11 p.m., heading east on Highway 14 to Vegreville.
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Nov. 3–4: Moves north through Two Hills, St. Paul, and Radway.
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Nov. 5–6: Travels north on Highway 63, reaching about 35 km south of Fort McMurray.
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Nov. 7–8 (early morning): Final stretch into Fort McMurray, using ramps and counterflow lanes before arriving at its destination site.The load is a de-methanizer pressure vessel, over 100 metres long and weighing more than half a million kilograms. It’ll move slow — maxing out around 50 kilometres an hour — with full-width escorts and traffic control in place.
Drivers can expect lane closures, counterflow traffic, and occasional rolling stops as it heads north toward Fort McMurray.
For real-time updates, call 511 or download the 511 Alberta app.
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