Infrastructurist: Video - The Life Cycle Of A Highway

From Infrastructurist:

The Missouri DOT has put together this snappy little moving picture show, explaining how and why highways fall apart. As the years go by at super-duper fast forward speed, watch the surface cracks develop and water speeds into the underlaying rock and soil layers, turning them to “mush.” You can repave, of course, but the film explains why that only kinda works. Thirty or so years on, the $1 billion highway is a bumpy mess, and you’re left clutching a $300 million repair bill.