Rhone. The exceptional convoy still blocked on a bridge in Lyon
This Tuesday morning, the exceptional convoy carrying a wooden chalet is still immobilized on the Kitchener Bridge, due to difficulties in finding a solution to evacuate it.
Several options are being studied and, according to the Department of Public Security, the evacuation of this oversized heavyweight must take place during the day.
A journey from Sète to Calais
This 24 meter long and 5 meter high road unit, belonging to a Turkish company, loaded a wooden house in Sète which it was to deliver to Calais, from where it was to leave for Great Britain.
On Monday, as he was traveling on the A7 motorway and heading towards the Fourvière tunnel, he was intercepted by patrollers, his height not allowing him to pass under the tunnel.
Risks for tramway catenaries
It was diverted onto the Kitchener Bridge, where it is stationary in a north-south direction.
Too high to pass under bridges, it also presents risks for the tramway catenaries at the Perrache exchange centre.
The M7 in the wrong direction to evacuate it?
One of the solutions to limit the risks was to make him take the M7 in the opposite direction to then allow him to join the southern ring road and the eastern ring road, which requires an important safety device.
According to information from Progressthe heavy goods vehicle is found to be in violation because it would not have been the subject of a declaration of exceptional convoy.