Oversized load blocks right lane on southbound Indiana highway, Grant County IN


A large oversized load, 13 feet wide and about 150,000 pounds, is blocking the right lane of southbound traffic on highway IN-22 in Indiana. The lane remains closed, with only commercial vehicles allowed to pass slowly. Full reopening is expected near midnight.
Audio|Source: Grant County Public Safety
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right lane for southbound traffic.
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They do have an oversized load back here that's 13 feet wide and about 150,000.
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The only other damage is going to be to state property, the roadway, the Jersey barrier, the median.
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Okay, I've got everything I need.
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Here, I do as well.
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I'm going to clear the scene.
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95-25. Pre-pose, great central.
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And once the right land for southbound traffic is open, there is an oversized load there,
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over 150,000 pounds.
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We will not actually be opening up the southbound lane at this time.
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We are only slow rolling the commercial vehicles through, but the lane itself will not be opening until probably closer to midnight.
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Do we have a width on that overload?
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By one of the county units.
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Clear, 1679, Peru, signal three.
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No. I. Grant. Central. Is that oversized load north of this crash?
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I don't know.
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2719 advise the information if you want to check with him.
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95, 410, 27, 8.
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I believe that oversized load is north of the crash, trying to go southbound.
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It is south of the 264.
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Okay, even if we do open up the lane, there's no way he can get through there between him and the Jersey Barrett.
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Location mentioned:
IN-22, Indiana
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