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Pothole

A pothole is a pot-shaped depression in a road surface, usually asphalt pavement, where traffic has removed broken pieces of the pavement. It is usually the result of water in the underlying soil structure and traffic passing over the affected area. Water first weakens the underlying soil; traffic then fatigues and breaks the poorly supported asphalt…

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Prevention

Repair

Costs to the public

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Pothole

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples95
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

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Pothole

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related to Song · 16
Pothole → Blackburn, Britain's, Daily Mail, Day, Far, If Blackburn, January, John Lennon, Lancashire, Life, London, Near, The, The Beatles, There, Under
related to Visual art · 12
Pothole → Activists, Baadal Nanjundaswamy, Bangalore, Chicago, Elsewhere, England, In Manchester, India, Jim Bachor, Russia, Spain, Two
related to Reporting · 11
Pothole → Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, GPS, India, It, Some, The, These, This, United States
related to Repair · 10
Pothole → FHWA, In, Industrial Research, Scientific, Semi-permanent, South Africa, Temporary, The Council, The Federal Highway Administration, The FHWA
related to Formation · 8
Pothole → According, Engineering Laboratory, Engineers's Cold Regions Research, Eventually, In, Potholes, US Army Corps, Water
related to Gallery · 8
Pothole → Banbury, Crocodile, Isle, Montréal, QuébecExample, Sweden, UKPotholes, WightSmall
related to Television · 8
Pothole → George, He, Holy Cow, In, Phil Rizzuto, Seinfeld, The, The Pothole
related to News · 6
Pothole → BBC, In December, Panorama, Richard Bilton, The Pothole Problem, United Kingdom
related to Costs to the public · 4
Pothole → Britain, In India, The American Automobile Association, United States
related to External links · 3
Pothole → Federal Highway Administration Manual, Pothole Repair, Practice

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potholes pavement asphalt water repair soil traffic throw-and-roll road semi-permanent roads manual fhwa procedure structure material surface usually cold two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Potholeis apot-shaped depression in a road surface0.90text
Potholehas preventionThe0.60section
Potholerelated to Costs to the publicThe American Automobile Association0.60section
Potholerelated to Costs to the publicUnited States0.60section
Potholerelated to Costs to the publicIn India0.60section
Potholerelated to Costs to the publicBritain0.60section
Potholerelated to External linksFederal Highway Administration Manual0.60section
Potholerelated to External linksPractice0.60section
Potholerelated to External linksPothole Repair0.60section
Potholerelated to FormationAccording0.60section
Potholerelated to FormationUS Army Corps0.60section
Potholerelated to FormationEngineers's Cold Regions Research0.60section

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