FWWU: Why do bridges freeze first in icy weather?

First Warning Weather University

by: David Yeomans, Eric Henrikson

Posted: Feb 11, 2021 / 01:45 PM CST / Updated: Mar 10, 2021 / 10:27 AM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Chief Meteorologist David Yeomans explores why bridges ice over before roads do in this First Warning Weather University lesson.

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