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Escambia County Sands Bridges, FDOT Prepped For Ice Potential
January 21, 2022
Escambia Public Works and the Florida Department of Transportation prepped Thursday for potential icy conditions on area roadways on Friday.
County crews sanded bridges across North Escambia Sand improves traction in the event of ice on a bridge.
The Florida Department of Transportation prepared under their winter weather plan.
FDOT vehicles were on state routes as maintenance and operations staff responded to winter weather conditions. FDOT crews were prepared to deploy various tankers, bridge deck sprayers and other equipment to apply anti-icing products on bridges and overpasses to prevent ice from bonding to the pavement surface. The anti-icing products allow any ice layer to melt more quickly and reduces the amount of time required to restore the roads to a clear, dry state.
Pictured: Escambia County work crews sand bridges. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Escambia County Sands Bridges, FDOT Prepped For Ice Potential”
I live in Century and my husband works in down town Pensacola I worry about him having to make that drive at 5 in the morning hope everyone stays safe and warm out there.
Unfortunately with all the weather alerts, watches and warnings there will still be those few people that will ignore the warnings and drive on icy bridges and crash. I hope I’m wrong and I hope to eat my own words. I know Ameeicans are naive, feeble and ignorant if many things.
Heed the warnings yall. I understand the COVID crap but severe weather warnings are not something to ignore.