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winnipegkevin,Mar 21 2005, 09:22 PM Wrote:Potholes are caused by the freeze/thaw cycle in poor condition asphalt.  Water in crack freezes and expands overnight allowing the next days water to get that much further, repeating until the patching truck gets there or a hole one foot deep tears off your passenger side wheels as I seen on the news today.  Also, not spending money on road maintenance helps.  Poor provinces I guess.
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The roads here deteriorate fairly fast also, since the high clay content in the soil soaks up water and expands, dries out and contracts and cracks the roads. It's a good way to speed up the pothole process. Same reason why a lot of older properties have houses on a mean slant.