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I do wonder about US roads. Is it a reliance on the oil industry to build asphalt based roads? Are they intentionally not meant to last? Also, with regards t

I do wonder about US roads. Is it a reliance on the oil industry to build asphalt based roads? Are they intentionally not meant to last? Also, with regards to the US interstate system - why is it designed in such a way that any maintenance required a dramatic decrease in travel throughput? Could it be designed to be functional in ‘maintenance’ mode?

novok 6y ago
America tends to like to do the cheaper thing and get the biggest number. Extra large pizzas made mostly with cheap vegetable oil and bread, lots of square feet with the cheapest drywall, materials and bad design, etc. Maintenance mode capable roads I would guess would cost as much as a road with one more lane, so they just build another lane instead of keeping one in reserve.
throwaway0a5e 6y ago
You either need to stop asking questions in bad faith or spend 10min reading about road construction on Wikipedia (hopefully the latter but this is the internet so...). The US doesn't really do things much differently than anywhere of similar climate with regard to road construction since climate dictates construction techniques. Asphalt is pretty universal.