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How good are American roads?

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193 points chmaynard | 6 comments | 20 Nov 24 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source | bottom
1. rpcope1 ◴[20 Nov 24 15:52 UTC] No.42195030[source]▶
> Colorado near the absolute bottom for road quality

> Kansas and Wyoming have much better road quality

Absolutely zero surprise there. It's amazing the moment you cross the Kansas-Colorado border on I-70, for example, how the interstate goes from very good to immediately extremely bad.

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2. panzagl ◴[20 Nov 24 17:03 UTC] No.42195946[source]▶
Ahhhh Colorado, blue state tastes with a red state budget.
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3. dmix ◴[20 Nov 24 17:14 UTC] No.42196066[source]▶
Kansas and Wyoming are red states?
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4. ducttapecrown ◴[20 Nov 24 17:31 UTC] No.42196245{3}[source]▶
They are red states, but without the blue state tastes that might pull the state budget in other directions. (I don't know anything about the budgets of the states of Colorado or Kansas or Wyoming).
5. dirtyhippiefree ◴[20 Nov 24 17:37 UTC] No.42196320{3}[source]▶
The color map from the election confirms.
6. Hilift ◴[21 Nov 24 05:57 UTC] No.42201525[source]▶
It's like I-70 was strafed by an A-10. Kansas I-70 uses concrete on a mostly stable substrate. It's flat, and doesn't pockmark like asphalt. Kansas tears out about five miles at a time and goes one lane during pours. Don't see that often in other states due to it's impractical.