Temporary closure on i-70 ramp for windmill blade transport, Sherman County KS
Road ClosureTraffic officers and road crews temporarily closed the I-70 westbound ramp at the 157 overpass near Troop D in Sherman County, Kansas, to move three large windmill blades blocking the roadway. Traffic was alternated north and south while the blades were transported.
Audio|Source: Sherman County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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It's going to be on top of the 157 overpass.
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There's three windmill blades,
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and they basically got the whole ramp shut down.
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490, 157 overpass.
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You can do...
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Number nine, four nine, four nine.
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B1.509, what's your twink?
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9281, I'm at Troop D.
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I'm going to head out there to 490.
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Okay, I'm out here by Troop D as well.
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Traffic's backed up down past our driveway.
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I didn't know where the problem was.
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I'll see if I can get a go against the traffic and get up there with 490.
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7.4.
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33, 281.
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Go ahead.
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Clear here at the 161.
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Do you need more help over there?
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Okay, I don't know, if we're backed up, I don't know where the problem is at.
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If you're close, you might run up here right quick.
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104, 33, he's 1024.
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460, 40 units, 1024.
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490 unit?
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Go ahead, 490.
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490 units around Troop D.
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They got the first blade going down the ramp.
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Traffic coming south on the bypass is going to go first, then we're going to get traffic going north,
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and then they're going to have them exit the ramp.
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Do you need any more help over there?
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10-4[1].
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We've got quite a bit of traffic here, and they got two more blades to do this with.
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Okay, stop southbound traffic for me for just a minute and I'll come up there by you.
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Ten four.
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I'm right on the south side of the bridge.
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Tell me when it's clear.
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You should be pretty well clear.
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We might actually send southbound traffic first.
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We'll send southbound traffic first.
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I'm right on your six.
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281 haze on that with 490.
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104, 1641.
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We'll let the ramps go first.
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33 to 281 or 490.
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Go ahead.
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Do you need more assistance up on top, Rudy needs lights on the ramp.
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Come up top.
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