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Maxpowr9 t1_iwqmdzk wrote

Reply to comment by yourm0m1 in Road Conditions in Massachusetts are horrendous. by ultimate_bulter

12th is about where I expected us to be too. The freeze/thaw cycle in the northern states unsurprisingly makes most of them bad for potholes. It's the southern states with bad roads that have no excuses.

As for why Maine is so much lower than MA, Maine (~47k) has about 2/5th fewer road miles as MA (~78k).

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geffe71 t1_iwqords wrote

Also ME and NH are constantly redoing the roads even though they don’t need to be

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jambonejiggawat t1_iwt7mcj wrote

I believe NH spends more on their roads than they do on education. I’d look up a citation, but I’m going to bed.

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WinsingtonIII t1_iwsvrjz wrote

There are also large portions of Maine that are consistently stuck below freezing most of the winter. You don’t have constant freeze thaw cycles when it’s always 25 degrees or lower in the winter.

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