SPOKANE — Record heat in the Spokane area damaged a portion of US Highway 195.
The Washington State Patrol says temperatures in the high 90s on Monday baked the pavement until a section of highway split a few miles south of the city.
Traffic lanes were reduced around the crumbled pavement.
But the highway was fully reopened early Tuesday morning after crews repaired the damaged roadway.
According to the National Weather Service, temperatures climbed into triple digits in several towns on Monday, including 102 in Wenatchee and Ephrata and 101 in Moses Lake.
The Spokane heat broke a 1931 record of 91 degrees.
