Winter & Weather

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Freeze-thaw cycles are best known for how they undermine pavement integrity. But when things get really cold, asphalt cracks up in…

Winter & WeatherFebruary 2, 2024

Unusual weather conditions bring a raft of road crevasses from San Diego to Minneapolis and just about everywhere else – along…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 25, 2023

Extreme weather creates future potholes. Compounding this is how roads in the South might suffer more because the asphalt…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 3, 2023

The top ten states, starting with the worst potholed roads, are: Michigan, Indiana, Rhode Island, Washington state, Vermont,…

Winter & WeatherDecember 2, 2022

It's pothole repair season across the country. Reports indicate this year's pothole season is among the worst in recent memory,…

Winter & WeatherMay 4, 2022

It's that time of year, that month that is the dividing line between winter and spring, when hope springs eternal but car shocks…

Winter & WeatherFebruary 23, 2022

It's that time of the year: If the black ice doesn't get you, the potholes might. And so might the ice bumps. Ice bumps? Well, yes…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 20, 2022

Potholes from freezing weather aren't the only thing that can go wrong with asphalt and concrete roads. The lessons from heat dome…

Winter & WeatherJuly 26, 2021

Spring 2019 brings severe pothole conditions across America's Midwest and Northeast following extreme weather including a polar…

Winter & WeatherMarch 19, 2019

Accumulating historical data, particularly on El Niño and La Niña conditions, provide some idea on how the coming winter will…

Winter & WeatherNovember 20, 2017

Precipitation and traffic cause most asphalt deterioration. But three things – the month, local weather and road repair budgets –…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 16, 2017

Salt and snowplows can make potholes worse. But blame time, traffic, temperature and precipitation for most asphalt pavement…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 2, 2017