SAN ANTONIO – As cold weather makes its way to the San Antonio area, KSAT received a behind-the-scenes tour of a TxDOT facility that creates the brine used on highways to help keep drivers safe.

The brine mixture TxDOT is placing will prevent ice from bonding to the roadways. Motorists are recommended to take the following precautions: Use caution when driving over bridges and overpasses.

The following is from the Texas Department of Transportation: ATLANTA, Texas — Due to the possibility of winter weather conditions this week, TxDOT crews are scheduled to place brine on major roadways ...

Some areas also use magnesium chloride or calcium chloride in their brine to make it more effective at lower temperatures. TxDOT said it uses brine on a wider scale due to the cost and ease of use.

Because of the mix of conditions TxDOT pretreated roadways with brine. “It’s literally a mixture of salt and water, not very exciting. But what it does is lower that freezing point of that ...

Waco, TX — Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crews will apply brine to major state roadway travel lanes, including Interstate 35 and Interstate 14.Brine is a mix of salt and water used ...

TxDOT says it will close the northbound and southbound lanes of U.S. 281 between 9 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday as it continues work on the Loop 1604 North Expansion Project, which is set to ...

ATLANTA, Texas -- Due to the possibility of winter weather conditions this week, TxDOT crews are scheduled to place brine on major roadways and bridges across our nine-county district starting ...

Workers have deployed a brine application ... won’t see a lot of attention from TxDOT. With the pre-treatment of the roads out of the way, crews are ready to respond if the roads get dangerous.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) began pre-treating roads with brine solution Sunday. Fort Worth officials say the city stockpiled approximately 4,000 tons of sand mixed with salt in ...

Pets are welcome, too. Texas Department of Transportation crews hit the roads Sunday to treat major roads and highways across both Tarrant and Dallas counties with a brine solution. General ...

SAN ANTONIO — A familiar sight anytime freezing rain is expected in San Antonio is a fleet of TxDOT trucks on the road, pretreating the asphalt with brine. "As we move from Friday evening into ...