The transformer weighs 369,400 pounds. The fully loaded vehicle was 145 feet long, 16 feet wide, one inch shy of 20 feet high, and weighed 595,000 pounds. It was escorted by law enforcement on the following route:
• West on East Xenia Drive to East Dayton Drive.
• Southwest on East Dayton Drive to Ohio 444 South (South Central Ave./ Kauffman Ave.)
• Southeast on Ohio 444 South to West Dayton Yellow Springs Road.
• South on West Dayton Yellow Springs Road to Trebein Road.
• South Trebein Road to Dayton Xenia Road.
• Dayton Xenia Road to the substation.
Credit: Marshall Gorby
Credit: Marshall Gorby
The load is not transported via I-675 and U.S. 35 because at 19 feet, 11 inches tall, the load cannot get under multiple bridges that have a clearance of 15-16 feet. Crews can temporarily raise utility lines and traffic signals, but they cannot raise the bridges.
This is the fourth of nine large transformers being taken from the railroad site in Fairborn to the AES substation. There is not currently a date scheduled for the fifth one.
Updates on future moves will be posted on social media by the @GreeneCountyEngineer account.
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