{"id":4854,"date":"2025-06-25T06:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:14:11","slug":"weather-illinois-road-buckles-on-theodore-street-in-joliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/06\/25\/weather-illinois-road-buckles-on-theodore-street-in-joliet\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Illinois: road buckles on Theodore Street in Joliet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4856\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Illinois-road-buckles-on-Theodore-Street-in-Joliet-219x146.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>JOLIET, Illinois<\/strong> \u2013 A stretch of <strong>Theodore Street<\/strong> was <strong>shut down for several hours<\/strong> on <strong>Monday, June 24, 2025<\/strong>, after <strong>intense heat<\/strong> caused the pavement to <strong>buckle<\/strong>, creating hazardous driving conditions. The affected section, located between <strong>Dearborn Street<\/strong> and <strong>Nicholson Street<\/strong>, was closed by the <strong>Joliet Police Department<\/strong> as crews responded to the damage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during a period of <strong>prolonged heat<\/strong> that has gripped <strong>Illinois<\/strong> since <strong>Friday<\/strong>, with temperatures hovering around <strong>94\u00b0F (34\u00b0C)<\/strong> and heat indices reaching even higher levels. According to the <strong>Illinois Department of Transportation<\/strong>, this kind of extreme warmth can lead to <strong>pavement blowouts<\/strong>, where <strong>road materials expand beyond their design limits<\/strong>, forcing the surface to <strong>buckle or crack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the severity of the incident, officials have described the damage on <strong>Theodore Street<\/strong> as an <strong>isolated event<\/strong>. However, similar cases have been reported elsewhere in the state during extended heatwaves. Road closures due to thermal expansion are more common during <strong>late June and July<\/strong>, particularly when high temperatures persist over several days without relief.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Joliet Police Department<\/strong> released a photo of the affected road, which showed a significant buckle disrupting the driving lane. Repairs began shortly after the closure and traffic was rerouted while crews assessed the structural integrity of the surrounding pavement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of <strong>Tuesday morning, June 25<\/strong>, the road remains under inspection, with city officials monitoring other high-traffic routes for signs of similar stress caused by the ongoing heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOLIET, Illinois \u2013 A stretch of Theodore Street was shut down for several hours on Monday, June 24, 2025, after intense heat caused the pavement to buckle, creating hazardous driving conditions. The affected section, located between Dearborn Street and Nicholson Street, was closed by the Joliet Police Department as crews responded to the damage. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weather Illinois: road buckles on Theodore Street in Joliet - United States - Weather America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/06\/25\/weather-illinois-road-buckles-on-theodore-street-in-joliet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weather Illinois: road buckles on Theodore Street in Joliet - United States - Weather America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JOLIET, Illinois \u2013 A stretch of Theodore Street was shut down for several hours on Monday, June 24, 2025, after intense heat caused the pavement to buckle, creating hazardous driving conditions. 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