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Agreed. The thruways/interstates also see so much more traffic than they expected and heavier traffic as well. I read somewhere that a single fully loaded tractor trailer puts as much stress on a roadbed as 10,000 cars.America had never attempted anything on the scale of interstate highways at the time when the Thruway was built, I'm sure the intentions were good but the state was so far off in thinking that it could afford perpetual maintenance. Society's come a long way, for better or worse, since the days of unlimited free money for highways, we've learned a lot.