UPPER PENINSULA -- Motorists between Florence, Wisconsin and Palmer, Michigan may have slow going Wednesday.
Cliffs Natural Resources is transporting a kiln shell which is about 26 feet in diameter and weighs about 67 tons.
The move of the oversize equipment will be done Wednesday, beginning around noon. The cargo movement will affect vehicle travel on roads from the Michigan/Wisconsin border at Florence, Wisconsin to the Tilden mine.
The truck carrying the kiln shell will use the following route in the Upper Peninsula: beginning at US-2 North at US-141 at the Michigan/Wisconsin border, to M-69 East, to M-95 North, to US-41 East to M-553 South to Marquette County Road 480 West to M-35 South to the Empire Mine entrance at Palmer.
Arrival time is expected to be approximately 4 p.m. From there, it will be moved to the Tilden mine using company access and not disrupt traffic.
The equipment that is being moved is related to a future repair of one of the Tilden Mine’s rotary pelletizing kilns. The kilns are used to heat-harden concentrated iron ore pellets to allow for shipment to steel making facilities in North America.
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