Shake, rattle and roll: Potholes causing annual headache in Delco

mainline media news ^ | 03/16/15 | Cindy Scharr

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Those ubiquitous black holes that bend wheel rims, flatten tires and cause vehicle alignments to go out of whack seem to be appearing out of nowhere.

“Potholes are indiscriminate,” said Charles Metzger, PennDOT’s community relations coordinator. “They pop up wherever they feel like.”

Late winter into early spring is prime pothole season. The days are getting warmer, causing any accumulated snow to melt and water to run into cracks in the roadway. At night, when the temperature drops, the water freezes and pushes up and out, creating a depression in the asphalt.

“Traffic drives over it and that’s how a pothole is born,” Metzger said.

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“Well, it looked like puddle.”