PORTLAND, Ore. -- Road crews will be on pothole patrol on I-5 starting Monday night.

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Oregon Department of Transportation crews blocked the right and center lanes for a stretch of I-5 in North Portland. Repairs would cost at least $200,000.

State officials said this type of paving was rare. Paving was not usually done in this wet and cold January weather.

The roads were ripped up during last month's severe weather. Water got into cracks in the road. When it froze, it expanded and crumbled the pavement under the "studded" and "chained-up" tires of cars, trucks and semi-trucks.

The Arctic Blast devastated the stretch of pavement between downtown and Jantzen Beach.

Background: Arctic blast 2008

The combination of snow, ice, tire-chains, and plows turned the interstate into a bumpy mess.

After the evening rush hour ODOT crews will start grinding and repaving potholes.

Last weekend crews filled holes on I-5 between the Marquam and Fremont bridges.

At this point, no one was sure how long these repairs will last. But O-DOT said it couldn't leave the road in such poor condition.

"So what we have to do is we have to close down traffic to one lane and bring in this heavy equipment that grinds down through all these potholes. And then come with asphalt and fill it in," said Christine Miles with O-DOT.

O-DOT was expected to reopen the closed lanes Tuesday.

NWCN Reporter Teresa Yuan contributed to this report.