A semi-truck was tasked with hauling an 81-foot-wide building five miles in North Dakota and it took up the entire roadway

This semi-truck got tasked with driving an 81-foot-wide building down the highway in North Dakota.

It was an impressive sight, and as you might imagine, it took up the entire road.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) was on hand to assist with this operation, which traveled over five miles.

You would think this image was AI-generated, but it’s all too real.

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Why was this semi-truck moving a building down the highway in North Dakota?

On January 14, the NDHP issued a warning that drivers heading along Highway 46 between Co. Rd. 17 in Cass County to west of Kindred should consider different routes.

This was for good reason, as a semi-truck was moving an entire building down the five-mile stretch of road.

It’s estimated that the building was 81 feet wide, 81 feet long, and 35 feet high.

As you might imagine, a structure of this size and stature isn’t one you can haul down the road at rapid speeds.

Therefore, the semi-truck was relatively slow-moving, making delays for other drivers all the more likely.

And let’s face it, it’s annoying enough being stuck behind another driver – who wants to be stuck behind an entire building?

It wasn’t just the Highway Patrol who were involved, either – the Department of Transportation and the railroad temporarily removed street signs, and power companies disconnected some lines so the building could pass safely, InForum reported.

And that’s not forgetting Schmidt and Sons Building Movers, who have been relocating buildings since 1986.

While it’s a big job, it’s just a day’s work for John Schmidt and his team.

“It was 200-by-75 wide. We moved it in one piece. We had to rotate it 110 degrees,” Schmidt said.

“It’s kind of second nature to us to move something this size, but it definitely takes a good crew and a good group of people to get something like this accomplished.”

And get this – this is only a job half done.

There’s still the other half of the building to be moved over!

What will the building be used for, now that it’s been moved?

Now that it’s in the Schmidt family’s company parking lot, it will be used to pre-build and manufacture new homes.

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way – moving a lot down the road

It’s far from practical, but many people have taken up the task of moving heavy loads on their vehicles.

For one Cybertruck owner, his entire apartment was loaded onto the back of his truck.

And you don’t get much bigger than this 90-ton Blue Origin rocket.

Think about this next time you feel overwhelmed towing a trailer – you’ll be fine.

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