I hate road constructions

dxkj

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As if my 170 miles a day commute wasnt enough.... damn roads, why dont they make them more durable.
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: dxkj
As if my 170 miles a day commute wasnt enough.... damn roads, why dont they make them more durable.

It is somewhat humerous that there are still Roman roads that are useable but a typical highway seems to have a lifespan of less than 10 years.
 
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Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: dxkj
As if my 170 miles a day commute wasnt enough.... damn roads, why dont they make them more durable.

It is somewhat humerous that there are still Roman roads that are useable but a typical highway seems to have a lifespan of less than 10 years.

roman roads probably didn't have 60K lb semis driving on them either
 

FoBoT

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i like road construction

the roads in missouri have been so horrible, last year the voters passed a law for ALL of the gas taxes to go to road construction and they have been spending and doing it FINALLY

i love to see the orange barrels, it means they are fixing the roads
 

dxkj

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Feb 17, 2001
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Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: dxkj
As if my 170 miles a day commute wasnt enough.... damn roads, why dont they make them more durable.

It is somewhat humerous that there are still Roman roads that are useable but a typical highway seems to have a lifespan of less than 10 years.

Roman roads probably dont have huge semis driving over them 24/7/365.25
 

Heisenberg

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
i like road construction

the roads in missouri have been so horrible, last year the voters passed a law for ALL of the gas taxes to go to road construction and they have been spending and doing it FINALLY

i love to see the orange barrels, it means they are fixing the roads
It's about time Missouri fixed their highways. Crossing into Missouri from Kansas is like night and day.
 

TBone48

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Originally posted by: dxkj
As if my 170 miles a day commute wasnt enough.... damn roads, why dont they make them more durable.


170 miles/day?:Q

You must LOVE your job.