Rural PA roads may be a Crock
On Friday, driving on a rural PA road, I came upon a disabled Honey Wagon. He had just crossed a rough spot, caused by a sunken culvert pipe, and the result was a frame completely broken in half. I ...
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gbopp wrote:I have to agree with that part.
Like many states, Pennsylvania's highway infrastructure is is poor condition. Many roads and bridges need rebuilt/replaced, including the Interstate system.
I wonder if the honey truck weakened or cracked the frame from bouncing along the back roads and the sunken culvert finished the job?..........................
I think PA roads are no better and no worse than any other state. The U.S. as a whole will never catch up with road maintenance. I believe it is physically impossible and a financial improbability. Just plain too much traffic beating up too many miles of roads to keep properly maintained.
The original AlCan highway, although very crude, was BUILT in less than 12 months. Today our government bureaucrats can't even engineer and design a single bridge in that time.
And of course almost everyone complains about road reconstruction and traffic delays that come with securing better roads. :R
