High water blocking Rock County roads
The Rock County 911 dispatch center reports water over numerous roads in the county. Motorists are warned not to drive through water that is flowing over a roadway.
At about 5 p.m. Sunday, water was reportedly flowing over roads at these locations:
-- Hanover Road at Murray Road.
-- Bingham Road at Milton-Shopiere Road.
-- Tolles Road between County M and Highway 59.
-- Riley Road north of Highway 59.
-- Highway 14 west of Scharine Road.
-- Avalon Road west of County J and near the Highway 11 bypass.
-- Highway 11 and Brodhead Street near Orfordville.
-- County H and Footville-Hanover Road.
-- Carvers Rock Road and East Creek Road.
-- Carver-Roehl Park.
Brian Becker, supervisor at the 911 center, said roads are likely to become flooded at more locations.
Also, roads are reported slick in Jefferson County, where numerous vehicle runoffs occurred this afternoon.
Rock County Highway crews have been called out to salt Interstate 90/39, Becker said.
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