Extreme Heat Causes I-94 Freeway To Buckle In Minnesota

The extreme heat experienced by much of the U.S. this summer is continuing to break down our very infrastructure. Two sections of the I-94 freeway buckled in Minnesota this week, where temperatures hit the triple digits this week.

The buckling happened near Moorhead, Minnesota, close to the state’s border with South Dakota. The Minnesota Department of Transportation tweeted images of the two sites on I-94 where the pavement gave way under intense heat and pressure:

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The phenomena occurs as a result of older, weaker roads expanding farther then they were designed to due to extreme temperatures, especially on sunny days when road temperatures can reach tens of degrees above ambient air temperature.