KYTC officials said crews will be replacing expansion joints and installing a surface treatment on Hospital Curve.

Heat can take a toll on Jonesboro’s roads and sidewalks, causing concrete to buckle and creating hazards for drivers and pedestrians.

Expansion joints are the long strips you see between sections of road on a bridge. They allow the concrete to move without cracking in conditions like extreme heat. This is not an uncommon issue.

An expansion joint is a part of the bridge that helps absorb thermal expansion or thermal contraction. Basically, when concrete gets hot, it can expand and when it gets cold, it contracts.

During this work, traffic will be detoured around the closure via James Savage Road, Rockwell Drive, and Bay City Road. Access to the Business-10 roundabout will remain open for eastbound and ...

With apologies to songwriter Ray Dorset and 1970s British rock band Mungo Jerry, this jingle may come to mind when on the roads these days you tarry. For the heat has been brutal, particularly on ...

Wells’ Sealants and Restoration provides services including caulking and expansion joints, concrete and masonry restoration, coatings for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, structural ...