I move enough that highway construction tends to be permanent. I'll move in somewhere, it'll be going on, and then a few years later I'll move out, and it will still be going on. Whether they ever finish or just move where they're constructing, I'll never know. But I hate seeing it start.
Where I used to live they had turnpikes that literally were under permanent construction. They'd close one lane and slow down traffic - for miles - until it was completed then they'd open it and close the other side. Then when that was finished they'd repeat the first side. Went on for years and years like that.
To be fair the completed lane was always in tip-top shape.
To be fair the completed lane was always in tip-top shape.
Not the interstate, but I feel like what they do on the side streets here is start at the end of a path and then when they "finish" just start at the other end again. I mean that probably is literally what they do since it would make sense to have crews on repaving duty all the time. They'll never run out of work to do. This ain't Arizona. roads are shit after a couple years.
If they plan/budget for 10 it'll take at least 15.
I move enough that highway construction tends to be permanent. I'll move in somewhere, it'll be going on, and then a few years later I'll move out, and it will still be going on. Whether they ever finish or just move where they're constructing, I'll never know. But I hate seeing it start.
Where I used to live they had turnpikes that literally were under permanent construction. They'd close one lane and slow down traffic - for miles - until it was completed then they'd open it and close the other side. Then when that was finished they'd repeat the first side. Went on for years and years like that.
To be fair the completed lane was always in tip-top shape.
Not the interstate, but I feel like what they do on the side streets here is start at the end of a path and then when they "finish" just start at the other end again. I mean that probably is literally what they do since it would make sense to have crews on repaving duty all the time. They'll never run out of work to do. This ain't Arizona. roads are shit after a couple years.
And yet 2000 year old Roman roads are still in use today, with 0 maintenance.