Pothole
If you have been driving in NYC in the last few months, you probably have swerved to avoid a pothole. You know what a pothole is, but here’s the office NYC definition:
- A hole in the street with a circular or ovular shape and a definable bottom.
- The bottom may be the concrete roadway base and may be partially filled with mud, dirt, or loose gravel.
- Condition does not look man-made and usually is not sitting in an area of collapse.
These large holes — some as big as 2 feet wide — slow down NYC traffic, can be hard to avoid, destroy NYC road conditions, ruin your car and never seem to get fixed fast enough.
How do these enormous holes that can be as deep as 10 inches, just show up suddenly? There are a few different theories:
- Theory 1 says that roads need to drain water. Read more…
