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where the road admits it was never actually finished.
means a hole in a road surface formed when water seeps into cracks, freezes, expands, and lets traffic pound the weakened patch into rubble.
from the term likely comes from old english potters digging clay pits called potholes in roads to mine material for pottery, leaving craters that stuck around long after the clay was gone.
cost to driversus drivers pay billions yearly in pothole damage
freeze thaw cyclewater expands nine percent when it freezes underground
worst seasonlate winter and early spring peak pothole formation
for instance
chicago pothole epidemic — logs tens of thousands of pothole complaints most winters
detroit street collapse — decades of underfunded repaving made it a national punchline
india monsoon craters — annual monsoon rains turn highways into obstacle courses nationwide