What king of shape are the roads in around where you live?

[NNN0LHI]

I hate to leave my house the main highways are so torn up around here. They are unsafe. If you stay in your own lane the potholes will ruin your car or cause an accident they are so deep so you have to keep swerving into the oncoming lane to avoid them. I have never seen these roads in such poor shape around here.

My only consolation is I can't afford a new car so at least I am not tearing up a new one on these roads. That would really make me sick if I was.

Don

[Demeter]

1. We Are STILL Having Frost/Freeze Cycles and Now Rain

If it ever dries out and warms up, repairs can start. But I've never seen it this bad for weather or for roads. Our water table is so high it takes days for puddles to drain.

At least the grass is growing again, that should help with the water levels.

[leeroysphitz]

2. I live in Detroit and ironically the "Motor City" has some of the WORST roads I have ever seen.

[Rosemary2205]

20. Werd

I know of one pothole in metro Detroit big enough to practically swallow my entire Econoline lift van. - Last time I went up that way to see dear old dad I forgot about it and kerpluck - jostled me so bad the clip for my chair popped out on the floor and I had to pull over and get bolted back down.

[etherealtruth]

27. I did ~ $1,000 ...

... of damage to my car by "hitting" a pot hole in the city of Detroit. I destroyed a rim, a tire (not the same one that was attached to the bent rim) and cracked my windshield ... not a pleasant experience.

[AP]

34. Bad weather, no money, and you have to drive everywhere (no pubic transportation)

Perfect storm for having awful roads.

[leeroysphitz]

38. And no weight limits for trucks. N/T

[Blue_In_AK]

3. It depends...

Some of the highways are in fairly good shape, some are being worked on, and some are kind of frost-heave-y, but we're used to that up here. The same goes for city streets. We have a tremendous pothole problem in Anchorage, but, again, that's just an annual ritual.

[GoneOffShore]

4. Philadelphia, PA land of bitter potholes

and decaying bridges,

[Warpy]

5. The problem here is grass forcing its way up through the

neighborhood streets. It's made biking incredibly unpleasant as there are now inch wide cracks every few feet filled with grass. The streets have needed resurfacing for at least a decade, but there is no money to do so.

Heavily trafficked boulevards now have well defined ruts near stop signals. Changing lanes at the last minute will foul up your alignment.

The two interstates are kept in good repair. They're major truck routes and get ample Federal funding.

Damage from frost heaves here is minimal although we do have the bitter winters. We just don't generally have enough moisture to cause them.

[mahina]

6. Thrashed.

Just completely terrible.

[backscatter712]

7. Mixed bag.

A few of the arteries around have been repaved or resurfaced or chipsealed, and they're OK to drive on. The main interstate has been going through a big widening project a few miles north. My apartment complex's parking lot is a total mess - unrepaired potholes all the way to China, and the street out front of it has seen better days, but at least the street's big potholes have been patched.

[provis99]

8. rural parts of Indiana have best roads in country; but the cities suck

The corn farmers around here even get subsidized driveways from the federal government. I wonder, do you think it has anything to do with the massive lobby that millionaire corn farmers have in Washington?

Indianapolis, Evansville, Ft Wayne and Gary have no advocates in Washington, so the roads are as bad as any other city in America.

[CrispyQ]

9. I-25 sucks.

But E-470, a toll road, is a dream. Hardly any cars on it & in great condition, since it's new. From my house to DIA costs $6 - one way. If you take traditional roads, it's free, takes longer & there is lots of traffic & there are lots of potholes.

Toll roads are where we're going if we don't address the need to re-vitalize our infrastructure for everyone.

Local roads are ok, but not great. Repair season is coming, but many roads & streets need complete re-surfacing, not just potholes filled in.

[orleans]

10. they suck. but not as much as they did one and two months ago.

they REALLY FUCKING SUCKED then.
now they are starting to fill in potholes.

"kind" not "king" on your title--still time to edit.

[ThomWV]

11. West Virginia has the most expensive roads in the country, and probably the worst too.

The topography of this state mixed with the remote locations of most of the state's towns (a result of the coal boom that followed the civil war) make the roads in this state the most expensive in the nation to build on a per-mile basis. Unfortunately the same holds true for their maintenance; the kiss of death in a state as poor as this. There are many state maintained (a laughable phrase) roads that require 4-wheel-drive to get across and some of them can not be passed in winter. Many roads remain unpaved and were it not for occasional Federal emergency funding some roads that have been damaged by flood or landslide would never be repaired. Oh, and none of them are flat or straight and so to make a 1 mile trip you have to drive a minimum of 2 miles, if you can get there at all.

[flowomo]

12. semi-rural central PA: not so bad

we have a mix of a few major roads and lots of twisty back roads. They fall apart, get patched. You learn where the axle-crackers are. I'd say it's about average to a little better. Way worse in the parts of NH and Maine I've lives in.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. They're pretty good here. Ex-Governor Pataki is from this area and he made sure his

friends and family were taken care of.

[WilliamPitt]

14. $3.8 billion needed for bridge repairs alone

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/09/governor_seeks_38b_to_fix_bridges/

Plus, we get snow, which has to be plowed, and the plow blades always tear up the roads.

Boston is an old city, and looks the part when you drive.

[LWolf]

15. Our climate is really tough on the roads.

The county dirt road that leads from the highway to the little private dirt road I live on is a washboard. The paved roads are under constant repair, from May through September; the paved road at the end of the county road was repaved last May, and it's okay.

The highway has been patched and repatched, and is in desperate need of yet more work.

[Obamanaut]

16. I can ride a bicycle several miles in any direction

from my house on excellent roads.

[Bethesda Home]

17. Very good in Georgia

Except in Fulton and Dekalb counties where Atlanta is located.

And Chatham where Savannah is located.

Edited for grammer

[Rosemary2205]

19. yep - repave perfectly good roads - but let the bridges fall apart

Georgia is goofy.

[yewberry]

18. Absolutely awful.

I live in West Seattle, and there is an industrial area separating me and the city. The streets are unbelievable--there are places where drivers have to use first or second gear and actually drive well off the actual road to avoid the worst of it. (For the locals, I'm talking about the access roads to and from 99 at street level.)

We do have a pickup truck, but we don't use it during the week. I ride the bus every day, and my husband bikes to and from work (25 miles round trip!)--the upside to that is that I only have to put gas in the truck once every four or six weeks.

[seabeyond]

21. ours in amarillo are pretty good and they are often working on them. in tx

i have found most in pretty good shape and the state continually working on them. new mexico seems about the worst. colorado seems good.

those are the three states i travel most

[KillCapitalism]

22. Horrendous

Around these parts, we had one of the snowiest and coldest winters in about a century. You have to be very alert and ready to swerve to avoid the next moon crater in the road.

[BlooInBloo]

23. Oval.

[Vidar]

24. Potholes the size of bomb craters.

[cali]

25. It's mud season here in Northern Vermont

after one of the snowiest winters on record. I live on a dirt road, and most of the roads here are dirt. Naturally, it's a mess.

[madokie]

26. Falling apart

[noel711]

28. In Lehigh Valley, the rural roads are okay but..

the roads in commercial areas (route 309)
and the interstates (78 and 22) can be pretty rocky...

it happens after every spring thaw,
but when PennDOT closes the roads for repair,
life is HELL>>>

[SalmonChantedEvening]

29. Montgomery County PA, Land of the Eternal Orange Cone

Every road leading from the shop is being dug up, or is in need of it.

[Raven]

30. Mud, frost heaves and potholes, otherwise, they're just great! n/t

[Echo In Light]

31. The worst they've ever been around here - unbelievably horrible

[peacefreak]

32. More chop than a stormy sea (ok, I live in Maine)

You can tell the locals on one entrance ramp. The people on the highway cling to the right (passing lane) The motorists coming onto the road hug the breakdown lane. We're all trying to avoid the stretch that has more definition than a guy with great six-pack abs. Ah, springtime.

[laylah]

33. Illinois side

of the Quad Cities area, roads suck. But then, any road outside Chicago usually does and has for decades.

[Vinca]

35. I was in Brattleboro, Vermont the other day and there were potholes

on Main Street so deep you could see the block road from the 1800's peeking through. It's been horrible this year. The best road we've got is the dirt road we live on (as long as you stay in the middle).

[ileus]

36. Excellent for the most part....nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

37. Potholes Galore. Then They Fill Them, They Last For 2 Days, Then Potholes Galore Again lol.

Yeah, the roads suck lately. And I'm talkin about interstate 80 for chrissake, which is probably one of the most heavily traveled highways there is. Even a lot of the local roads have sucked lately. So yeah, I hear ya.

[OhioChick]

39. Simply Awful. n/t

[kineneb]

40. roads? oh, you mean that dirt track over there! Rural NorCal

The main state highways (maintained by CalTrans) are fairly good.

However, the county and city roads are...ahem...interesting. The main streets in the towns are pretty shabby...they have begun patching the patches. Some side streets are actually paved! Some are not. I knew we had moved to the country when the real estate ad said, "Hey, look! Paved road!"

There are some folks who need a 4-wheel drive, just to get to their house.