Chances are this won’t come as a shock to you, but Indiana and Michigan rank among the top five states with the worst potholes.
Spring is a time of renewal, bright colors, warmer temperatures…and potholes. WSBT reports that Michigan and Indiana are both ranked in the top five for having the worst potholes in the country. AAA statistics from last year show 44 million Americans spent money on repairs last year from damage caused by potholes. The average repair can be as much as $600.
Indiana finished fifth, and Michigan came in third. South Bend, sitting on the border, has a particularly bad problem with them every year.
2 comments
Welcome to states with water and winter. It’s much easier to maintain the roads in states with deserts and few freezing months. If you want to move to southern Arizona to miss the pot holes by all means…go; you may also miss the water that just lays around here (and grass, trees etc}.
Potholes aren’t the only thing that makes Indiana a horrible place to live. In GA my vehicle registration for the vehicles I still have and of course are even older (5 and 6 years old now) was just $20 for both vehicles. In Indiana it’s $833.70!!!! The fees to transfer title and register were double that (also were reasonable in GA). With registration fees so astronomically high compared to many other places I lived with better roads, what’s the excuse for horrible roads here? Grass and trees as mentioned in another comment which are also available in other states don’t cost a resident crazy fees. If you’re a veteran on SS this state isn’t one to hit the potholes in, nor have property to store the vehicles in (RE taxes also so much higher). $833.70 is over half of my SS income!