An Ohio interstate buckled Wednesday afternoon, and transportation officials are blaming the heat. It happened on a stretch of Interstate 77 in Noble County, a rural area about 40 miles from the West Virginia border. Officials with the Ohio Department of Transportation blamed the highway’s deterioration on extreme heat.
They posted a photo of the cracked road. It happened as temperatures soared into the upper 90s, and feel-like temperatures were well into the 100s. Officials said that northbound lanes of the interstate were temporarily closed near Macksburg. The stretch of road has since been reopened. READ MORE
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