The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is urging motorists to be on the alert for the possibility of pavement buckling on roads throughout the state in the next few days due to the recent rainfall and extreme heat in the forecast.
The combination of very high temperatures and precipitation can lead to pavement expanding and ultimately buckling or blowing out, causing uneven driving surfaces in some areas. As long as the heat and humidity persists, IDOT will be monitoring the situation, with crews available to make repairs as quickly as possible if they are needed.
Motorists should be aware of slowing traffic and be prepared to move over for maintenance workers and other emergency personnel.
In addition, with the extreme heat, you are encouraged to carry drinking water with you when you travel. Getting stranded could be dangerous and dehydration can happen quickly in these conditions without proper hydration
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Make the best ot it and do a “General Lee” LOL
That is not the good kind of “whoop-de-doos”.
Bethany West bound. It may be me, but it seems to be heaving through the patch job
Lisa, you don’t get the moisture in Arizona like we do in Illinois. They mentioned that as a factor.
Actually, from July 4th until Labor Day is monsoon season in Arizona. Here’s what kind of moisture that brought this week. Or……maybe Illinois gets this kind of moisture?
True but Arizona also doesn’t have the grounds freeze for a few months and the humidity is half what it is here. But you’re right, Arizona and Illinois are completely the same!
Christina, I didn’t realize your roads were buckling now from being frozen. I was under the impression that it was the heat causing the problem.
You’d think they would engineer them properly…..roads in AZ don’t buckle like that & they have a LOT more heat than IL….
Not enough moisture in AZ kind of heat to create the situations that cause the buckling
Monsoon season is in July…plenty of heat & moisture….although I will say the soil is 100% different…
Wow!
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This is a world wide issue, I was discussing it with engineers in munich Germany a month ago. The moisture and heat cause expansion of the pavement. the reinforcement steel and rebar keep the slabs together until a large section is locked between infrastructure such as manholes and bridges then it has nowhere to go but up.