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PretendsHesPissed t1_isl4086 wrote

Reply to comment by TylerInHiFi in Anglo-Saxon hall where kings and warriors dined discovered in England by unheated1

Oh snap. I know of many a road that, when pot hole season is upon us and the roads are falling apart left and right, you can see bricks underneath. Didn't connect the two together but that makes a lot of sense.

Cool stuff.

Kinda always wondered why they didn't remove the old roads. Figured it was due to some sort of historical reason.

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TylerInHiFi t1_isl5ui4 wrote

I think they usually just pave over the old road because the road foundation is fine, it’s just resurfacing that’s needed and that makes paving over the old surface the cheapest and easiest option that also gets the job done as needed.

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