The Bishop-Cincinnati Tie Line Project was Mid-South Synergy’s most noteworthy system improvement project for 2010. The project itself involved the construction and/or renovation of roughly 30 miles of power lines across the system. The completion of the project allows for greater system stability and reliability to better serve our members.
A major component of that project was the I-45 crossing. I-45 is the major thoroughfare between Houston and Dallas and passes through Huntsville, TX which is in the northeastern portion of the service area. In a coordinated effort using multiple bucket trucks and approximately 20 crewmen, the Mid-South Synergy team ran overhead 3-phase power across the 400 ft wide interstate without stopping traffic. This is the first time Mid-South has undertaken a task of this magnitude using its own crews without the assistance of contractors.