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By: Anjelicia Bruton
May 25, 2022
LOGAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - Parts of Oklahoma received some much-needed rain this week, but some roads have taken a beating from how much has fallen. Some county officials said they're hoping to repair those roads once the rain stops. Logan County commissioner Marven Goodman said water can be powerful and aggressive. Oftentimes, the roadways usually pay the price. A section of Simmons Road in Guthrie is barricaded off with “Road Closed” signs. Goodman said the excessive rain caused a stream of water to gush around a pipe under the road instead of flowing through it. “What has caused that it seems like there's a beaver dam just up the stream from there, just a little bit,” Goodman said. “And the beaver dam diverted the water around the culvert and over to the side and caused it to sidecut this culver with the water streaming through there.”
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