The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) has approved the route for Bay Crane Northeast LLC of Smithfield, RI to transport heavy equipment from the seaport in Portsmouth to Northern Boulevard in Amherst, NH.
Weather permitting, the supermove will begin at 9 pm on Tuesday, August 20, and is planned to park on Route 101 in Bedford at approximately 3:00 am on Wednesday, August 21. The move will continue Wednesday, August 21, at 9 pm with the intention of arriving at the destination at 4 am on Thursday, August 22.
The hauling equipment and load, a condenser for an Eversource power transfer station, is 277 feet long and weighs 1,000,000 pounds. On Tuesday night the equipment will travel on NH 33, NH 108, NH 101 and I-293. On Wednesday night the equipment will travel on NH 101, NH 122, and NH 101A. To ensure the safety of the traveling public, infrastructure, and equipment there will be several road closures along the route that may last for 30 minutes or more. The remainder of the route will require rolling roadblocks.
