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From: npl@spuxll.UUCP (Nick Landsberg)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Best Roads
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 16:49:56 EDT
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I do not have a candidate for best road, but, being
originally from the NY Metro area, I nominate ANY so-called
highway/expressway therein for WORST.  The worst of the worst
has to be the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn.
Reasons:
	Narrow lanes, potholes, steel plates covering the larger
potholes (sometimes with sharp edges, a real treat for your new tires.),
and a maintenance program which is a joke.  Instead of re-paving,
NYC re-surfaces the roads.  The underlying concrete has long ago
crumbled but they keep adding more asphalt on top.  Said treatment
makes the ride marginally smoother for about 3-6 months, but in the
end it is just as bad, if not worse.  Those who drive the route
daily can expect to change their shocks ~ every 6 months.