Transport of large transformer will affect overnight traffic

Over the weekend, a transport company will be moving a large transformer from Portland to Clackamas.  The load will be an over height one that will travel a specific route and traffic will be required to stop at times as the load approaches. Here's the schedule:

Saturday Evening

• Load will begin on U.S. 30 at Marine Way, travel across the St. Johns Bridge to the U.S. 30 bypass on Lombard.
• Load will travel eastbound on U.S. 30 bypass until it reaches east Multnomah County.
• Load will stage on Northeast 181st and Sandy until Sunday night at 10 p.m.

Sunday Evening/Early Monday Morning

• Load will travel on local and county roads on its way to Highway 212 at Southeast 312th Avenue and travel westbound to Highway 224 and eastbound to S.E. 82nd Drive.
• Around midnight, the load will enter Interstate 205 southbound from the Gladstone on-ramp and exit on the Oregon Highway 213 off-ramp (Cascade Highway South - exit 10).
• Load will require a rolling blockade on I-205 between Strawberry Lane and Highway 213 between midnight and 1 a.m. The blockade is expected to last up to 20 minutes.
• Load will travel southbound on Highway 213 to Beavercreek Road using the northbound lanes between midnight and 2:30 a.m. All Highway 213 traffic will be stopped for up to 30 minutes at Beavercreek Road. Southbound traffic will not be impacted. To prevent motorists from entering Highway 213 northbound during the transport, traffic on Beavercreek Road will not be able to enter Highway 213 northbound.
• Load will exit Highway 213 at Beavercreek Road.
• Load will continue on local roads until it reaches its final destination in Oregon City.