WASHINGTON — Beet Juice Brine. Sounds like preparations for Thanksgiving Day are underway, right? But we're not talking about Thanksgiving. This hot cocktail is for D.C. streets ahead of snow and ice ...
Several agencies use salt brine and beet juice rather than regular salt and sand to treat snowy and icy roads. The Kansas Department of Transportation says a salt brine serves as a nearly instant ice ...
In a demonstration, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation anti-icing truck sprays a de-icing cocktail of brine and beet juice on the driveway of PennDot's Butler, Pa., maintenance facility, ...
(WXYZ) — Getting around metro Detroit could be getting dicey soon — with winter just around the corner. It requires a lot of salt on the part of road commissions ...
As large parts of the eastern United States get smacked with snowstorm after snowstorm, some states are turning to bizarre alternatives to help deal with dwindling supplies of salt to clear icy roads.