What is the county highway spreading on the highway before a storm?
In addition to the removal of snow using plow trucks, the county also actively applies ice control materials to prevent the formation of ice on the road or to remove ice that has already formed. These ice control materials are salt or liquid brine that are applied to the road. Liquid Brine: The county uses trucks equipped with a tank and liquid applicator unit, spray anti-icing agents onto roads and bridges to prevent frost from forming or to keep falling snow in a liquid state. Either liquid magnesium chloride or a salt-brine solution are used. It looks like the trucks are spraying water on the road, but they are spraying the anti-icing agents. The salt-brine material is made at the county shop using the same salt that is purchased for ice control. This is a very inexpensive material that is limited in effectiveness by the outside temperature. It can be used only at temperatures above about 15 degrees. This practice is used as a preventive to ice formation. The process of applying the
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