Posts Categorized: Traffic Blog
STORMS & STUFF: Hugging IL/WI border right now; large hail; rapidly developing.
Lafayette, Green, and Rock Counties definitely should be weather-aware right now, especially southern parts of those counties.
DOWNTOWN: Sprinkler demo; Fire Dept setting mini-houses on fire on steps of CCB.
This may affect traffic on MLK Jr Blvd as people slow down to stare. Quite a crowd already gathering. 3-4 fire trucks on scene too. Baby Blaze(s) scheduled to begin at 4:45pm.
STORMS: Rapidly developing near the IL/WI border, moving E/NE.
Severe thunderstorm watch south and east of Dane County.
UW CAMPUS AREA: 500 block of University Ave; bicycle vs bicycle crash.
Injuries reported, emergency vehicles on the way. This is where Gorham turns into University Ave; near Frances St.
DOWNTOWN TRAIN: Get ready to go slow(er). E. Johnson/E. Wash next on the list.
INTERSTATE: WB I-90 at mm 124; crash with injuries. This is in the town of Vienna.
North of DeForest; near the Columbia Co line.
MORE EXPLODING PAVEMENT: EB/NB 18/151 mm 62 near Hwy F; Blue Mounds area.
18/151 heading towards Madison from Iowa County line has pavement buckles along a ~10 mile stretch; mile markers 62 – 70.
DOWNTOWN: E. Johnson being super-pokey already and getting worse.
MT HOREB UPDATE: EB 18/151 backing up due to pavement buckle; standstill.
Multiple pavement buckles between mm 66-69. Slow down in this area. Be prepared to stop.