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Article: Potholes damage roads, cars
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- Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL)
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- February 14, 2008
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Avoiding potholes while driving on many area streets has become virtually impossible in the past few weeks.
With a cycle of temperatures dipping below the 32 degree freezing mark, a brief melting of ice followed by additional freezing, even roads that were in relatively good condition have become hosts to some large potholes.
Those holes in roads that can cause extensive damage to vehicles form because cracks in asphalt road surfaces permit water from snow and rain to seep into the underlying gravel and dirt. When temperatures dip below 32 degrees, water turns into ice and expands. That expansion displaces some of the dirt and gravel under the road surface, leaving a pothole.
While completely ...