A Sunday drive resulted in Monday’s closure of I & GN Road between North Graham and Capstone.
Brazos County judge Duane Peters says a consulting engineer noticed a pretty good sized crack running down the road.
Closing the road came after recommendations from the county road and bridge department and a second outside firm.
Peters says they are taking samples of the road in hopes of determining the cause of a crack that’s several inches wide and fairly deep.
The judge says the crack came out of nowhere, giving county road and bridge crews no opportunity to make repairs.
There’s no time estimate to receive test results of the road which was built on the base of a former railroad.
Click below for comments from Duane Peters, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.
Original story from Brazos County:
Effective immediately, Brazos County Road and Bridge crews are closing I&GN Road between Capstone and North Graham Road in South Brazos County (Pct. 1).
The road will remain closed for an indefinite amount of time as crews conduct an investigation into the subgrade due to a structural issue.