Roads are designed for Oklahoma extremes, but the kind of heat we've had, this early, is testing their limits
KOCO.com By Alexandria Williams
Jun 18, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY —
This month the metro has seen much rain, followed by intense heat – a terrible recipe for local roads.
The roads are starting to show damage. Some are buckling under the weight of cars.
Roads are built to expand as traffic goes over them. But when it gets too hot, roads expand more than they’re designed to and can crack or even buckle, like Interstate 35 did in Noble County Thursday.
“There was actually a pop-up across both lanes of northbound I-35 just north of the U.S. 412 interchange near Perry and, of course, that did cause damage to a few vehicles in the area at the time. They pulled over and local law enforcement, OHP worked with them,” said Lisa Shearer-Salim with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
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