As the country is baking in heatwave, road surfaces in several districts have melted due to what experts say is the use of bitumen that cannot withstand this extreme heat. In many cases, sub-standard ...

A recent incident in which melting bitumen caused traffic chaos on a North Queensland road is not the same as the molten tar that caused at least one rider to crash on Mt Glorious last year, says the ...

Water is being sprayed over the Oxley Highway to blast away excess bitumen and cool the road down after it began melting in the current heatwave conditions. The road began melting in December in 31C ...

Commuters in Surat and Ahmedabad not just battled scorching heat but its resultant effect on the busy roads on Tuesday. Surat civic body officials said that the liquid bitumen was laid early on ...