Traffic across the barren West landscape began skyrocketing around a decade ago - with barreling 18-wheelers, flatbeds and tanker trailers snaking as far as the eye could see along a two-lane road through formerly sleepy prairieland.
The Lone Star State was experiencing its latest oil boom, and the Permian Basin – home to a sparsely populated and unforgiving terrain – had become ground zero for fortune seekers, conglomerates, transport companies, roughnecks and felons alike.
The exponential industry growth saw the number of rigs in the region jump from 92 in May 2009 to 565 in October 2014, clogging woefully unprepared roads.
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