Traffic & Transit
Extreme Heat Buckles Woodbury Road, Crews Make Quick Fix
Anyone who notices a buckled road should slow down, move into another lane and call 911, so crews can be sent out to fix it, officials said.
WOODBURY, MN — At least one road in Woodbury buckled under the extreme conditions brought on by triple-digits temperatures Monday.
Washington County tweeted a photo around 5:45 p.m. Monday of a buckled segment of pavement on Valley Creek Road near Radio Drive. A crew of workers jackhammered the buckled pavement and filled the hole with a cold-mix asphalt, fixing the buckled road in just a few hours, officials said.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation warned drivers over the weekend that roads and pavement could buckle, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees Sunday and Monday.
Most major roadways are cut into small segments to reduce the potential for buckling during extreme heat and cold, which can be dangerous for drivers and damaging to vehicles that drive over the buckled roadway, MnDOT officials said.
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The department shared a video from 2016 showing a buckled segment of Highway 36 in Little Canada that sent many cars airborne.
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Anyone who comes across a buckled road should slow down, move into another lane and call 911, so crews can be sent out to fix it, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
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