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MiscalculatedRisk t1_je63lx7 wrote

Reply to comment by calebnf in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis

My town still has original brick roads.

Red bricks.

Trust me, you want asphalt. Everyone still speeds and it's even more dangerous because once a brick road falls out of maintenance it's wildly more dangerous than an asphalt road.

Ice and water gets in-between the bricks as well and that makes them wear out faster, as well as chill them longer so that ice and snow takes even longer to melt off them, and because of the lips on the bricks catching snow plows you can't run one over them.

But remember, it gives the town character.

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calebnf t1_je6wc98 wrote

Im no expert, but I think brick is more porous and therefore more prone to damage from freeze-thaw cycles than this, which I think is granite.

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