Official PDX Pothole locator thread.

[JMil86]

Well, I was thinking about this while avoiding this pothole that I always have to drive around, and I figured since lots of us have aluminum wheels, and low pros or medium pros, it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to locating potholes.

Ill start, Burnside going West at the cemetery right after it forks off to skyline, and right in front of the pothole reporting hot line sign ironically, there is a manhole cover with a huge pothole around it.

[daniel]

half the neighborhood roads

/thread

[tonytony]

I think i might have hit that before, or avoided it dont remember.

NE Glisan westbound there is a pothole there they is actually some kind of access hole, it's about 100ft after you pass the glisan bridge over i205 in the right lane, it's probably 3ft to the right of the dotted line.

[JMil86]

I searched and couldnt find anything pdx specific.

[808AWD325xi]

report a pothole

http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=47253

[daniel]

A pothole is a bowl-shaped hole caused by localized disintegration of the pavement surface. Potholes are typically caused by the continued deterioration of another type of distress, such as alligator cracking, raveling, poor drainage, or a failed patch after pieces of the original pavement surface have been dislodged. Weak spots in the base or subgrade or the severity of the surrounding distress accelerate potholes. Potholes are considered a structural form of deterioration.

Sinkholes are holes that reach past the base of the roadway. This void can occur when the dirt below the base has washed away, causing the upper surfaces to fall through.

Ditches are rectangular excavations in the roadway. These cuts are made by utilities and plumbers to reach underground lines. The contractors are responsible for filling the ditch and paving it temporarily, and notifying the City upon completion of their work. The City will make a permanent repair to the roadway.

when referring to road imperfections in this thread, please get your terminology straight. kthx