Portion of Providence Road to close Tuesday as crews fix pavement ‘buckle’
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A portion of Providence Road in Columbia near Big Bear Boulevard will close on Tuesday as crews fix a portion of the road that “buckled” on Monday.
Crews began working to repair the buckle on Monday morning, according to a social media post from Columbia Public Works. The closure will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday as crews pour concrete, a Monday afternoon release says. The closure will last about an hour, the release says.
Providence Road will be closed in both directions, with northbound traffic being detoured east onto Big Bear Boulevard, the release says. Southbound Providence will be closed.
The release says that drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes, such as Range Line Street and North Garth Avenue, to avoid delays, the release says.
The social media post from Columbia Public Works says that road buckles can occur during extended periods of hot weather, when heat causes pavement to expand.
Road buckles have been reported recently in Cape Girardeau and other parts of the country, including South Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska.