*Update #7*
CALTRANS ANNOUNCES NEXT TWO CONVOYS TO PFEIFFER CANYON BRIDGE—THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 15 AND NEXT TUESDAY, JUNE 20
MONTEREY COUNTY – Caltrans will continue the process of delivering construction equipment and materials to the site of the demolished Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on State Route 1 via Nacimiento-Fergusson Road from US Highway 101 on Thursday, June 15 and again on Tuesday, June 20. Some equipment will begin moving out one piece at a time, throughout the week.
These convoys will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and will include intermittent closures of Nacimiento-Fergusson Road on Thursday, June 15 and Tuesday, June 20 from 7 am until 7 pm each day. Motorists wishing to travel east/west in the morning must do so before the first convoy begins. On Thursday, motorists will encounter delays during the movement of these four convoys westbound from 7 am to 10 am and 2 pm to 4 pm and eastbound from 11 am to 1 pm and from 5 pm to 7 pm. All vehicles must not exceed 30 feet in length and a weight of 15 tons.
The Thursday convoy again will include rock, sand, cement and reinforcing steel. The convoy for next Tuesday, June 20 will contain 10 loads of aggregate. Future convoys will include more of the same or similar, in general, materials and equipment to construct the abutment support and overall construction of the new Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge (PM 45.52)`
And, as usual, CalPortland had an unscheduled 4 truck plus contractor pickups convoy when I went over today. I was actually parked taking pics of road damage (I’ll email you later) when the lead pickup driver stopped to let me know he had “4 large trucks right behind me.” I said: “Oh, another unscheduled convoy on Wednesday.” To which his reply was: “its scheduled. It’s been on CalTrans website for a week and a half.”
I saw them, too. I was glad to see them on FHL, knowing I would NOT be seeing them on the narrow, winding Nasty road.
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