This is insane....
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Spokane, WA
We have moon crater potholes here every year because of the consistent cycle of freezing and thawing over and over again for months on end. Freaking pavement is worthless in cold climates which is one reason why the city transportation dept here decided to concrete several hundred intersections here. Its amazing how much better the concrete stands up to winter abuse.
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Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Canton, Michigan
Between the asphalt roads that have all buckled, cracked, and turned to gravel. And the concrete roads that look as though they were used for mortar practice, it's a real hazard out there. There is one spot on my regular commute, where the concrete is gone and only the re-bar is present. Repair crews can do nothing, as the weather is so suck **** cold, that patching would only last a couple of hours. Or until the next snow plow ran over it.
This winter really sucks. Anyone got a spare copy of Al Gore's book? I'm running out of firewood and need to burn it for heat.
This winter really sucks. Anyone got a spare copy of Al Gore's book? I'm running out of firewood and need to burn it for heat.
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Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Frozelandia, Minnysota
Two things really kill an asphalt road in the refrigerator states - salt and chipseal. Salt causes more melt, especially during the day, that seeps into every crack and freezes at night. If you just plowed residential streets with speed limits under 35, they'd snow pack (not a real problem to drive on at those speeds - we do fine during extended sub zero weather when salt won't melt it) and insulate the pavement from that water seepage/freezing cycle. Chipseal... that crap pops right out early in the winter leaving little craters that can turn into potholes the first winter. They used to put it on fresh asphalt up here, but finally figured out it did more harm than good. I coulda told them - had some stretches of new pavement in the neighborhood several years back, poured that stuff on the fresh asphalt, next spring was actually worse than before they patched it. Two years ago, dug up and repaved the neighborhood; went to a town meeting about it, brought up chipseal, and an engineer said they'd learned I was right. That's good, I got assessed $4000 for it...
Before the re-pave - you didn't lean though corners on these streets...
The new pavement this year... enough salt, ya think?
Before the re-pave - you didn't lean though corners on these streets...
The new pavement this year... enough salt, ya think?
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Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Toledo, Ohio
We may have broken Ohio's "all time" record snowfall with what came down last night, we were only 5" away. Before long I'll be worrying about my sump pump gett'n it's a$$ kicked too.