Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Why are Oklahoma's roads so crappy?
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="CHenry" data-source="post: 2589298" data-attributes="member: 6281"><p>No that really means absolutely nothing. My gravel (4" thick) drive is in top condition for its age. Its ADT is 2 vehicles a day, O trucks and its layed on my topsoil base. Age has absolutely nothing to do with it in the over all picture. Traffic volume and weight has everything to do with it.</p><p>I'm not a proponent of ashphalt first off all. It has a 10 year design life in OK but they argue its cheap to mill and fill and they are right. </p><p>Concrete however. Let me tell you some oklahoma highway facts. Interstate 44 just north and south of Interstate 40 in OKC is the highest volume road in the state with (and these are old numbers) roughly 300,000 cars a day. It has IIRC 25% trucks (25% of 300k) and it is concrete that was placed (concrete is never poured) in 1974-75 and its condition is very good for the age. Are you familiar with this pavement? Its quite a testimony to ODOTs work for a 40 yo road. </p><p>US 69 south of muskogee was 60-65 yo before we replaced it and it was in outstanding shape at that time 4-7 years ago.</p><p>I bet if you travel much at all you have driven over one of many bridges that are close to 90 years old. While structurally obsolete because of their narrow width, they still hold up a 80k pound semi. There are no load posted bridges left in OK that I am aware of on the State system because we replaced 126 of them (all of them) in 2001. (all in one year).</p><p>Those are some facts.</p><p>Now I have an episode of breaking bad to watch with my wife and I'll check back on this later. </p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHenry, post: 2589298, member: 6281"] No that really means absolutely nothing. My gravel (4" thick) drive is in top condition for its age. Its ADT is 2 vehicles a day, O trucks and its layed on my topsoil base. Age has absolutely nothing to do with it in the over all picture. Traffic volume and weight has everything to do with it. I'm not a proponent of ashphalt first off all. It has a 10 year design life in OK but they argue its cheap to mill and fill and they are right. Concrete however. Let me tell you some oklahoma highway facts. Interstate 44 just north and south of Interstate 40 in OKC is the highest volume road in the state with (and these are old numbers) roughly 300,000 cars a day. It has IIRC 25% trucks (25% of 300k) and it is concrete that was placed (concrete is never poured) in 1974-75 and its condition is very good for the age. Are you familiar with this pavement? Its quite a testimony to ODOTs work for a 40 yo road. US 69 south of muskogee was 60-65 yo before we replaced it and it was in outstanding shape at that time 4-7 years ago. I bet if you travel much at all you have driven over one of many bridges that are close to 90 years old. While structurally obsolete because of their narrow width, they still hold up a 80k pound semi. There are no load posted bridges left in OK that I am aware of on the State system because we replaced 126 of them (all of them) in 2001. (all in one year). Those are some facts. Now I have an episode of breaking bad to watch with my wife and I'll check back on this later. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Why are Oklahoma's roads so crappy?
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom