I am not a highway or materials expert, but I would expect that 191 kN in one spot is a lot worse than 76 kN in many spots? The cars and trucks spread over the

I am not a highway or materials expert, but I would expect that 191 kN in one spot is a lot worse than 76 kN in many spots? The cars and trucks spread over the entire highway add up to many more kN, I assume; it's the concentration of force that matters. Possibly, past a certain threshhold the road is destroyed and needs replacement, and 76 or 191 has the same outcome. Another way to think about it: Imagine you wanted to break up the road, intentionally, for some useful purpose - repaving, etc. If someone supplied a machine that blasted the road with 43,000 foot-pounds, I might expect that it was overkill.