Load Weighing the Equivalent of 33 African Elephants to Disrupt North Yorkshire Roads

Load weighing the equivalent of 33 African elephants to disrupt North Yorkshire roads

National Grid is delivering a supergrid transformer - weighing the equivalent of 33 African elephants - to a new electricity substation in Overton.

Delays and changes to signs as 200-tone 'abnormal' load travels to York

The move will begin at 6am and the vehicle is expected on the A174 at around 9am, the A19 southbound from 9.45am.

Two-hundred tonne delivery set to disrupt York and North Yorkshire roads

National Grid is delivering a supergrid transformer - weighing the equivalent of 33 African elephants - to a new electricity substation in Overton.