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Originally Posted by bartles
Some EU countries use like foam or padding material as a layer in roadbuilding which makes them more pliable and less likely to have potholes or cracks. Unfortunately in the US we intentionally build our roads to fail in order to maintain jobs...
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I actually remember reading a while back that some roads in the US were starting to be made using some mixture of asphalt and rubbers/plastics to improve sound, durability, and gas mileage.
I obviously couldn't tell you which roads they were, but I do think they are doing something about it