[miniTAX]

“Roads are not constructed to handle the amount of weight of an M1 Abrams.”

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The M1 Abrams is not more heavy than many freight on the roads. And it weight is spread on a much larger surface than any wheeled truck. So no.
Ironically, tanks are always hauled to operation theaters by... trucks which mean much harder stress on roads than if they move on their own track. Why, because have you seen the price tag and the miles per gallon of a tank?

So the idea that “Big, heavy tanks could tear up District of Columbia streets” is a stupid and ignorant lie. But what else do we expect from the lying media.

[bert]

“The Abrams tank weighs far less than the crawler transporter, but it’s weight is distributed over a much smaller surface area. For the Abrams, each square inch of tread pushes down with a force of about 15 pounds, about the same as atmospheric pressure.”

https://www.quora.com/How-much-more-crushed-would-a-person-be-if-they-were-run-over-with-the-NASA-crawler-transporter-in-comparison-to-a-M1-abrams-tank-tread

Truck (18 wheeler) tire ground contact pressure is complex but can run as high as 22 psi