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Two enormous superloads made their way across Wyoming over the weekend and into Monday, bringing traffic to a near crawl at 25-35 mph and down to 10 mph across bridges as two mean looking Peterbilts hauled 27-foot wide, 200,000-pound loads.
"Two Superloads arrived at the Evanston Port of Entry Saturday afternoon," Wyoming Highway Patrol wrote on Facebook. "These loads weigh close to 200,000lbs and are 27ft wide."
The loads headed through Evanston then to WY89 on Saturday.
They then briefly traveled into Utah on WY89 before re-entering on WY89 near U.S. 30.
From there, the two trucks traveled through Opal, Farson and then over South Pass, Wyoming, heading towards a stop at the Casper Point of Entry on Sunday night.
On Monday morning, they departed from Casper and headed up I-25 before continuing on Wyoming Highways 387 and 59 to Gillette, Wyoming, where they're set to deliver.
Gillette calls itself the "Energy Capital of the Nation" and prides itself on providing about a third of the country's coal. The superloads delivered here look like massive buckets from the coal haulers that serve the area's coal mining operations.
Some examples of these buckets in action in Wyoming.Kimon Berlin via Creative CommonsWyoming sees its fair share of superloads, and also adverse weather. It also might just flat out be the most dangerous state for truckers. Earlier this year, Wyoming saw dozens of trucks blow over in 60 mph plus winds, but something tells us these superloads won't blow away.
Wyoming Highway Patrol asked drivers to follow them on Facebook or on X @WYHighwayPatrol for updates on the location of the superloads or any other traffic news.
