State ready to piggyback on pothole request
Getting There's search for the state's worst potholes has drawn the attention of the State Highway Administration, which stands ready to fill in cavities on the roads it maintains.
SHA spokesman Dave Buck said the agency would like to know about any potholes Marylanders spot on numbered routes outside Baltimore city. The city maintains all roads -- except for Interstates 95, 395 and 895 -- within its borders. The counties, generally, maintain roads with names but no numerical routes. (Something like First Street doesn't count as a numerical route.)
Here's the SHA message:
We'll be keeping an eye out for any responses to your "worst pothole" request on your blog and will forward immediately to our maintenance folks. If on an SHA maintained road (numbered routes statewide not including Baltimore City), people can always go onto our website at www.roads.maryland.gov and there is a link at the bottom for pothole requests.
There's no reason you can't let us both know about your "favorite" pothole. Send pictures.
Comments
The joint of the 295 South bridge where it crosses 895 is constantly potholed. It seems to go ignored for months at a time. Once they are filled in, the repairs never last for more than a few weeks and it is ignored again. Maybe it's time for a permanent fix.
I'm not sure why they need a request to fill in these potholes. Surely SHA employees drive on this road daily.
I'm not pulling over to take a picture, but you can clearly see the previous patchwork done on Google maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=39.232863,-76.650036&spn=0.000797,0.001206&z=20&layer=c&cbll=39.232863,-76.650036&panoid=NVFOA0-kDlbHnfO-xElujg&cbp=12,189.87,,2,8.47
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.232572,-76.649885&spn=0.000797,0.001206&t=k&z=20
Posted by: Anonymous | February 25, 2011 11:58 AM
Props to the SHA!
The pothole-ridden sections on 295 before and after 895 have been totally repaved on the southbound and equally bad northbound side.
They repaved both north and south of the overpass, even though the potholes almost exclusively occurred to the north. Such preemptive action is almost unheard of in Maryland...
Posted by: Anonymous | March 25, 2011 2:35 PM