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Hiker Geek ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŒฒ · 11w
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@nprofile1q... Fun story, interstate 15 just south of Las Vegas goes up to a mountain pass and then down again. The 'standard' way they built interstates, the road would soften so much during the summer that trucks breaking on the down side would create huge ripples of asphalt and climbing on the up side would do the same. It was just concrete for a while, but that fractures and becomes gravel/potholes. 1/2
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Chuck · 11w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq5dj80xmt699v9cvhtp9ssrndvduk4e90xhqvqlu0ay3kljvmx4mqeeqkc7 The Army Corps of engineers got involved and somewhere there is a report on the special techniques they used for that section of road to keep it passable even during high temperature day...