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Demovictory9

(32,456 posts) Fri Dec 7, 2018, 01:56 AM Dec 2018

On Friday this Alaska road collapsed in an earthquake. It's already been fixed

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/us/alaska-earthquake-road-repair-trnd/index.html

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/photos-Anchorage-Alaska-rebuild-roads-repair-13442875.php#prev

Alaska road crews are the envy of folks in the Lower 48 because of their quick repair of a road that was ripped apart by Friday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

An off-ramp connecting International Airport Road and Minnesota Drive in Anchorage collapsed in the quake, creating a huge hole that made the unfortunate SUV that fell in look like a toy.

Before and after photos shared on Facebook on Tuesday showed how quickly the repairs were completed. The jagged chucks of broken road are gone, the hole is filled, the road has been repaved and fresh lines have been painted.

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On Friday this Alaska road collapsed in an earthquake. It's already been fixed (Original Post) Demovictory9 Dec 2018 OP

I wonder if their climate makes the roads more vulnernable to breakage? LeftInTX Dec 2018 #1

7.0 is huge! Control-Z Dec 2018 #2

The asphalt is laid on top of manufactured mounds of dirt. greyl Dec 2018 #3

LeftInTX

(25,337 posts)

1. I wonder if their climate makes the roads more vulnernable to breakage?

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 01:59 AM

Dec 2018

The road damage was more than I expected from a 7.0 magnitude.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

2. 7.0 is huge!

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 02:10 AM

Dec 2018

I would have expected more damage, to be honest.

greyl

(22,990 posts)

3. The asphalt is laid on top of manufactured mounds of dirt.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 02:12 AM

Dec 2018

All the dramatic photos I've seen of collapsed roads in the latest Alaska quake were bridges, exit ramps, and on ramps of recently built highways, just like in this OP. It's not really like the surface of the Earth that had been there for a hundred years opened up, at least in these photos.

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