Interstate highway conditions
After traveling from North Idaho to Florida towing our trailer---I have to say the Interstate highway system is horrible! Dwight Eisenhower would be ashamed of the way our states and federal governmen...
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ajriding wrote:
We build beautiful roads and bridges in other countries, just not our own.
In our 50 States road contracts go out to the lowest bidder who has to use the cheapest asphalt, the quickest methods and the lowest paid workers to get the contract. Roads fall apart as soon as they are built.
In Europe they use high-grade asphalt with rubber bits to keep the pavement from cracking and falling apart, they do not hire the cheapest bidder. Their roads look like Main Street Disneyland.
Ours are terrible. Our pavement ends at the white line, pavement needs to extend wider than the road as water damage occurs because there lacks margins. Many many problems
You’re right that our infrastructure is in poor shape. And that the industry is ultra competitive. If you don’t live in one of those worlds you’re very blessed and likely pretty naive how the world works.
And you’re right , there is not enough spending to keep up with the problem.
But that’s about it and you’re woefully uninformed or .......If you don’t understand the bad stuff is largely well over 50 years old and some approaching 100.
I’m surprised your knowledge as an esteemed civil engineer and road builder didn’t pickup on that ....
