Roads buckling again in heat around metro

MnDOT warns the pavement on several roads around the Twin Cities is buckling in the unusually hot weather.

The locations are:

· Interstate 94 westbound at Dowling - left two lanes are closed

· Highway 169 southbound at 114th in Champlin - across two lanes

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· Eden Prairie Road ramp to 212 - across the whole ramp

· Snelling Avenue at Larpenteur Avenue - in the intersection

· Highway 169 northbound just north of Highway 610 at 101st - minor

· I-94 eastbound at Broadway - center two lanes

· I-94 westbound at Dupont - minor

MnDOT says it has crews assessing the damage. In the meantime, motorists have been asked to take different routes.