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Traffic Delays, Power Outages As Huge Equipment Is Moved From Pensacola To Brewton
October 20, 2015
A very large piece of equipment is on the move from the Port of Pensacola to the Georgia Pacific paper mill in Brewton, and it will cause traffic delays and short power outages over multiple night nights on a route that will travel through the North Escambia area.
Because of the size of the generator, power lines and traffic lights will need to be temporarily taken down to allow the transport truck to pass.
The first transport of the equipment is expected to take four nights from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. each night. A second piece of equipment leaves the Port on Friday, Oct. 23, and will use the same route through Sunday night, Oct. 25, from 10 p.m. until 10 a.m.
More than 400 obstructions are expected along the route, including overhead power lines, traffic signals, low-hanging trees, signs, etc. A convoy of power, telephone, cable, city, county and state bucket trucks, and work crews will assist the transport truck along with private and state police escort vehicles.
Gulf Power customers along the route could experience temporary power outages up to two hours as the convoy passes as well as intermittent traffic delays and road closures. Some Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers will also experience short outages and outages for crossings on Highway 29 on Highway 29 from 1.5 south of Bogia Road north to Thompson Road. EREC expects the first truck to be in that area between 10 p.m. Wednesday night and 6 a.m. Thursday.
“Outages for customers will last only as long as it takes to remove the line and re-install it as soon as the truck passes,” said Rick DelaHaya, Gulf Power spokesperson. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate our customers patience as we assist the transport company.”
Monday night’s move estimated to end at the Cordova Mall parking lot.
Georgia Pacific is installing a large steam turbine which will recycle the steam produced as part of Georgia Pacific’s manufacturing process and convert it to electricity to power the plant. The turbine was imported into the Port of Pensacola in late July and has been in storage at the port ever since awaiting routing and permitting for its move to Brewton. 18-feet wide, almost 25-feet tall and 173.5-feet long. The generator will be on a separate transport as part of the convoy. That trailer is 18-feet wide, 18.5-feet high and 192.5-feet long.
The details of the route are:
Route Details:
1.) Barracks St. North (Starting Location: Port of Pensacola, FL)
2.) Bay Front Pkwy East
3.) 9th Ave. North (estimated first night stop)
4.) SR289 North
5.) Olive Rd. East
6.) 90 Scenic Hwy. North
7.) Davis Hwy / US90 West
8.) US29 North
9.) US31 North
10.) Georgia Pacific (Ending Location)
Location and nightly roue updates will be published on NorthEscambia.com as the information is made available.
Pictured: A large steam turbine being moved from the Port of Pensacola to Georgia Pacific in Brewton. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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27 Responses to “Traffic Delays, Power Outages As Huge Equipment Is Moved From Pensacola To Brewton”
Anita Grogan – it appears that they are trying to be done by 10 am each morning. The 2nd one should move much smoother than the first. The move down 9 mile to Hwy29 was well orchestrated and kudos to all involved. Keep in mind that once they reach the end of Hwy 29, they will make a right on US 31 and stay on that, not take 113 that heads up to the interstate. The later you leave, the less chance that they will be traveling. Hope that helps.
Was said it’s General Electric. Italy. Once rotar is sealed they son’t want to open it up; therefore, this mode of transport in one piece.
We have to make a trip to birmingham alabama leaving on monday morning. Wondering if the generator move will effect the flow of traffic on hwy 29. Are they letting cars go around the transport. Does anyone know for sure if the caravan will be on hwy29 by 8am on monday. We have doctor’s appointments and cannot leave before 8 am, would really push us to make our appointments if we are delayed by the caravan; hoping someone has the info we need.
they are usually dissembled at the manufacture, shipped over and reassembled at destination from the same techs
Wednesday night, it will be starting on 9 mile Road – very close to Copter. They had it parked there today. It will go west on 9 mile to Hwy 29 then north on Hwy 29. They have no way of knowing how fast they can move due to all the obstacles and challenges but seem to be doing pretty well time wise. Keep in mind, another one is going to be moved in a few days so folks may want to plan accordingly.
“They should just hoist it thru the air with 1000 helicopters.
All problems solved!”
I would’ve just called UPS, but I like your idea better!
They should just hoist it thru the air with 1000 helicopters.
All problems solved!
Thanks to Georgia Pacific for investing in Brewton, Al!
A lot of you need to relax,it will be ok,I promise.There is plenty of precautionary measures being taken by MANY people assisting in this move. This is planning that has been happening since July.One asked why not put the turbine on a low boy? Well,in order to lift/lower,inflate/deflate tires,and have the ability to steer 14 axles,you need a trailer that is workable in all of these aspects.You can not build a low boy with these type of specs…Damaging roads? Olive Rd,9 mile,and 29 are soon to be repaved because they are,or are getting in poor shape. As for shipping the turbine to Ascend or Gulf Power.Consider how much harder it would be to come out of either location,not to mention neither facility does not have the equipment to load/unload this unit. Like one person said,leave it to the experts. Trust me,when it comes to heavy haul transport,local,city,and state exhaust all “avenues” possible with the least amount of incidents.
Mr. Covan, most adults are more than capable of dealing with a small inconvenience, yes I said most.
For those of us worrying about what the engineers designed…
Some famous last words to consider are, it looked good on paper.
Can we get an approx. schedule? I need to adjust my route so Im not late. I use 29 from 5:30-7:00 at that end of the county.
Thanks for the info William.
It is manufactured in and shipped from poland and its net weight is actually not a concern for the bridges considering the length of the trailers which will disperse the weight on each axel so that it is safe to transport over bridges and the electricity outage should be no more than a couple of hours .
Why not bring it through the bay and up Escambia River to Ascend or Gulf Powers loading docs? That seems a lot easier than bringing it in from the Port of Pensacola! Maybe the equipment isn’t sufficient to get it off the barge at the plants mentioned? It would seem, to get to AL, that would be a better route and would have fewer conflictions with the traffic/power/overpasses! Who am I though?
I am sure the experts have all the answers.
Why not put it on a low boy trailer, could lose at least a foot in height…just saying
I love all the comments from the “engineers” posting here. Don’t you think the real engineers working on this project looked at all possible alternatives concerning routing, weight, whether it’s possible to disassemble and re-assemble this multi million dollar piece of equipment to move it? just stay out of the way, and set your wind up alarm clocks. The saddest part of this whole thing is that the turbine had to be built overseas because the federal government and unions have accomplished running the majority of our high-tech manufacturing overseas.
From Japan it is have a friend who is on that job .these wonderful corporations who buy from over seas . No one buys American anymore that’s why there are no jobs
Sherry, yes, cost more to fly the engineers in, have them dismantle then reassemble in Brewton. This thing has been at the port for months. They’ve considered all options. The Koch brothers are fairly smart guys.
GP will be able to power the entire mill and actually sell power to Southern Pine.
That’s a big generator. This is a great way to conserve and recycle energy from processing!! Good Show! What’s the output? Anybody know?
Fhg its from Japan. That’s what I have heard.
I guess the engineers considered dismantling the generator and then reassembling in Brewton.
The turn from Olive onto Scenic should be a sight to behold. That’s a tight turn, from a fairly steep downhill grade, and this load looks pretty topheavy.
my questionis more importantthanany others on here there are a lot of people who rely on their electric furnaces to heat their home what are they going to do for heat bc these night are getting cool and infants need to be kept warm not including some people that are on machines that are keeping them breathing at home that requires electricity and for all of the others people that rely on alarm clocks if u disconnect power and alarm clock gets reset or doesn’t go off for the individual to get up to go to work will the power company or gp gonna call every company and ask for the individuals to not getting written up bc it’s their fault that the individuals alarm clock didn’t go off and will the police force be under standing that an individual may be going over the speed limit so he or she can make it to work in time in order to make a certain amount of hours that day so paychecks won’t come up short all the little thing these morons didn’t consider. and why couldn’t this thing be shipped in pieces and put together at the paper mill I’m sure it’s not all one big piece of metal I’m sure it has bolts and nut and other components that was put togetherto make it what it is
Too tall and wide for rail. None of the overpasses it would pass under have the clearence and many of the bridges are too narrow.
I am a bit worried about the path taken but someone must have worked out the stress to bridges and the angles to make those turns on some of those roads.
Would it travel better by rail?
188 tons of weight for the generator alone? What will be the total weight of this monstrosity? If there is no concern that damage is done to the roads, I hope they don’t plan driving over bridges.
Just wondering: does anyone know where the generator was shipped from or manufactured by?