Repairs on Beltway 8 frontage road WB among 5 to 10 other road buckling incidents since last week

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- TxDOT crews were hard at work again on Wednesday repairing the Beltway 8 westbound frontage road in southwest Houston. This comes after crews had to close down Highway 6 on Tuesday after officials say the road buckled due to extreme heat.

Crews were working at West Bellfort and Beltway 8.

Danny Perez with TxDOT told ABC13 that five to 10 road buckling incidents have occurred since last Friday. He said they are all heat-related.

This happens because the concrete expands and simply has nowhere to go.

It took crews five hours to fix Highway 6 near Froberg between Manvel and Alvin on Tuesday before reopening on Wednesday morning.

It turns out crews will be doing additional repairs in both directions over the next couple days, according to a tweet from TxDOT Wednesday afternoon.

Drivers should expect alternating lane closures until work is completed.

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