Originally Posted by
KD5NRH
Of course, the other question I'd love to hear a real answer from TXDOT on is how Seattle, Portland, and several other places have paved roads, since every Texas road crew claims they need a clear sunny day to do any patching or resurfacing. Does the PNW have some massive army of road workers to build and fix all their roads in the few clear days they have, or have they figured out how to work through a light rain?
LOL. Texas may take the longest of any state to finish a project. In Arizona where I have family, they put together expressways in months that would take years to finish in Texas. And if there is any course chipseal in AZ, I have not found it. Nor in NM, or OK, or Ark, or La. Did find some rougher roads even than Texas' in se Ca in the Salton Sea area where I pedaled on the worst 'paved,' bone jaring, rural roads ever there.
Overall tho, in spite of the pervasive use of course chipseal, Texas does have the best maintained highway network in the US, with minimal complaints from motorists.