Oklahoma Crews Hope Beet Juice Creates Safer Roads During Winter Storm

As winter weather approaches, the Oklahoma Department of Public Works has found a new solution to frozen roads and bridges. Rather than just salting the roads, a new solution containing beets will be spread.

This 10-percent concentrated beet juice and salt brine concoction coated 11 bridges on Sunday, according to department officials.

The beet solution is said to be able to melt ice and hard-packed snow and work in subzero temperatures.

The beet pretreatment will go out on 32 trucks at midnight to lay down salt in preparation for Tuesday's winter weather.