Streakn1
Veteran Expediter
Did our first oversized or over-dimensional load into the city this past week. It was an interesting experience for us and we learned a lot about how NYC and its people deal with getting the large loads around their streets.
The load began in NJ where you are only allowed to travel between 1/2 hr before sunrise and 1/2 hr after sunset. Since we loaded after dark we could not leave the shipper until the next morning. NYC would only allow us to transport our oversized load between 10:00pm and 5:30am. So we drove the 17 miles from the shipper to the stagging area on the NJ side of the Goethals Bridge. There we waited until 10:00pm. Then the bridge was completely shut down to traffic while the several police cruisers escorted us along with three other oversized trucks as a caravan across the bridge and into New York. As soon as we cleared the other side, they reopened the Goethals.
Oversized loads are currently being routed off of I-278 at Atlantic and back on at Grand which required us to travel down several narrow streets. They had tight turns at most of the intersections along this route. This 37 mile trip from the Goethals to our destination would end up taking an hour and a half to complete at our reduced speeds.
The people of Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens were quite patient and understanding as we made our slow trip and meticulous turns to avoid hitting corner street light poles and parked cars with our load that hung 21" past the sides of our trailer.
Way to go NYC drivers!!! We appreciate your patience when its needed the most.
The load began in NJ where you are only allowed to travel between 1/2 hr before sunrise and 1/2 hr after sunset. Since we loaded after dark we could not leave the shipper until the next morning. NYC would only allow us to transport our oversized load between 10:00pm and 5:30am. So we drove the 17 miles from the shipper to the stagging area on the NJ side of the Goethals Bridge. There we waited until 10:00pm. Then the bridge was completely shut down to traffic while the several police cruisers escorted us along with three other oversized trucks as a caravan across the bridge and into New York. As soon as we cleared the other side, they reopened the Goethals.
Oversized loads are currently being routed off of I-278 at Atlantic and back on at Grand which required us to travel down several narrow streets. They had tight turns at most of the intersections along this route. This 37 mile trip from the Goethals to our destination would end up taking an hour and a half to complete at our reduced speeds.
The people of Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens were quite patient and understanding as we made our slow trip and meticulous turns to avoid hitting corner street light poles and parked cars with our load that hung 21" past the sides of our trailer.
Way to go NYC drivers!!! We appreciate your patience when its needed the most.
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