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Westbound Interstate 80 backed up considerably in Omaha Wednesday evening while crews made emergency repairs to damaged pavement near 84th Street.

For a while, all but one lane of westbound I-80 was closed, but by about 10 p.m., two lanes were open. The closed lanes had officials requesting that travelers, including those leaving the College World Series, find alternate routes west.

The damage was first reported about 7:15 p.m. when a piece of rebar in an expansion joint bowed out, said Anajo Teel, lead dispatcher for the Nebraska Department of Transportation.

No crashes resulted. However, at least one vehicle got a flat tire, she said.

As of 12:35 a.m., the Interstate had not yet been fully reopened.

Teel said it’s not known what caused the rebar to bow. Normally, heat is the cause, but the weather hasn’t been warm enough for that to be the reason, she said.

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