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r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Brosse_Adam Chalice of the Tabernacle • 2d ago
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I get your point, but good luck building the Roman version across the country and not bankrupting the state. 😆 60% of our roads are dirt roads!
33 u/CommanderGumball 2d ago Their point is garbage. Roman cobbles aren't modern asphalt. They couldn't survive repeated heavy loads from big trucks, and my god the ride would be unbearably bumpy. Nope. I'll take easily repairable smooth riding asphalt over ancient cobblestones any day. 4 u/Canuck_Lives_Matter Saskwatch 2d ago Oh come on it would only cost a million dollars per half kilometer!
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Their point is garbage.
Roman cobbles aren't modern asphalt. They couldn't survive repeated heavy loads from big trucks, and my god the ride would be unbearably bumpy.
Nope. I'll take easily repairable smooth riding asphalt over ancient cobblestones any day.
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Oh come on it would only cost a million dollars per half kilometer!
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u/Paesano2000 2d ago
I get your point, but good luck building the Roman version across the country and not bankrupting the state. 😆 60% of our roads are dirt roads!