Potholes on the road?

[Lise]

Is it just me or are there more potholes and cracks on the roads these days? Anyone know what causes a pothole? (OK, I could google it but I'm lazy)

 

[Sportsdude]

concrete buckles and stretches in the cold hence creating pkcets and the road breaks.  

[purelife]

We were driving around Surrey and noticed that the roads there are TERRBLE.  There were many many potholes.  

  I'm guessing that the teens smoked out of those.

[Lise]

I guess since we're were having such a bad winter that it could allude to more potholes on the road? Interesting.

  Modify: It hurts our cars bad everytime we go over one. Sometimes you can't avoid them. The City needs to work faster in order to fix those potholes.    

[Sportsdude]

they'll get to them when the weather gets better probably in a month or two.  You've guys have had a bad winter.  

[kingy]

yea, potholes are expected every winter. they cant really fix them until it warms up a bit.

[49er]

water expands when frozen.......water sips into crack and crevices in the road and gets frozen when temperature goes down

[Lise]

So we'll be forever trying to patch up potholes for the rest of our lives? Hm. Gotta be an easier to fix these damn things quickly and not all the time. Grrrr.

[49er]

many cities have preventive programs for their roads, sealing visible cracks and applying a slurry seal on road surfaces in the summer months

[Lise]

Great! Does this apply to Burnaby? Because I sure see a lot of them cracks on the roads this year. Harsh on my car. I can just imagine the damange it will cost in the long run.

  How about salt? Does it contribute to the cracks as well? (sorry if I sound ignoramus here)

[49er]

no salt doesn't do any damage.  Its the water....its seeps in between the layers of asphalt or into the base and causes delamination