Monthly Image: Rt 376 Repaving

NYS DOT repaved the section of Rt 376 between our house and the Red Oaks Mill intersection during a mid-October week, doing most of the work overnight to avoid jamming traffic to the horizon in all directions. Having nothing better to do, I supervised the proceedings …

They prepared the surface by milling off the old pavement during three successive nights, which was just about as noisy as you’d think:

The asphalt spreader sported bizarre LED lights:

Southbound paving began with a crisp new truck:

He would look the same rolling a highway straight through Hades:

The short truck cleared the overhead wire:

Then they chucked up a series of longer Flow Boy trailers:

Despite all the machinery, the job requires guys with rakes and shovels.

All the pictures come from the Pixel, hand-held with automagic exposure and HDR+.

My tax dollars were definitely awake and hard at work during those nights!