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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N3YMY wrote:Lots of heavy traffic also increase rate to failure of roads; I77 around Statesville NC and I40 between Statesville and Hickory NC are good examples of bad roads where the freeze/thaw cycles are less than in PA. I68 (western MD) has a good surface even with significant freeze/thaw cycles but it carriers less traffic than some of these other roads.Pirate wrote:
We shake our heads in disgust every time we cross over into PA from MD or DE on back roads. The PA roads are horrible. Some of the highest taxes I have seen and the worse roads.
As an someone who has lived in 2 of 3 locations, and driven in all 3, if MD and DE had the thaw/freeze cycles that PA does thief roads would be in the same shape.
In fact, when the winters in MD match intensity of PA ( as they have twice in 10 years), the roads fail exactly the same way.
Easily observable...
