Pot holes are bad now.
Part of the problem is the state will send a crew out with load of hot asphalt and shovels. They fill the holes but the next rain or two and that hot asphalt is beat out again.
Most counties around here most of the time use a hot tar/gravel spray mix to fill holes in county roads....and they stay filled and smooth unless the road bed has a ground water problem.
Want to know about our interstate and major trucking routes look in on truckers/truck companies websites. Right now lots of print and you tubes about our crumbling highways.