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* Heh…

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:42 am

Comments

1. (Legal) Pot will help fill that hole.

   Comment by JS Mill Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:44 am

2. Land of Sinkin’

   – MrJM

   Comment by @misterjayem Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:44 am

3. Illinois’ footprint on America is undeniable

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:46 am

4. Just wait until we break this up… and make it two potholes

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:46 am

5. This satellite view shows just how bad the spring flooding has gotten.

   Comment by South of Sherman Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:49 am

6. “Illinois: The land of horizontal infrastructure demands”

   Comment by TominChicago Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:50 am

7. Meh. You wanna impress me… show me the Hawaiian islands.

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:51 am

8. The Illinois infrastructure plan in a nutshell:
   https://youtu.be/yo3uxqwTxk0

   Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 8:56 am

9. Some work in clay, or oil paints, some water colors… they work in industrial street concrete and runoff rain.

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:00 am

10. To be honest, it started out to be a Lincoln silhouette… but we got a bit too ambitious… and we improvised… and this what we got.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:03 am

11. The new combined logo for DOT and CDB.

    Comment by Give Me A Break Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:07 am

12. Well this is how at least the top right corner should be filled in…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjoVfAnlaw

    Comment by OneMan Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:21 am

13. Finally Hunter Lake!

    Comment by Vic Romano Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:25 am

14. It took four guys from Local 150 a full day to make this prop to sell the road construction bill, but they nailed it.

    Comment by Peter Coffey Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:39 am

15. Time to raise the gas tax.

    Comment by striketoo Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:48 am

16. “four guys from Local 150″

    Oh god no, the laborers are going to be upset that another union is doing their work. Laborers drive the jackhammers, operators drive the machines.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:50 am

17. Satellite imaging believed to be a vast oil reserve is actually bong water runoff from Lollapalooza and 4/20 events at local colleges.

    Comment by Jocko Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 9:51 am

18. Illinois: ‘holes R us!

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:11 am

19. You never let a serious crisis go to waste

    Comment by cannon649 Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:12 am

20. If we’d put Bruce’s old costumes in a compactor, they’d fill this pothole and dozens more.

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:13 am

21. How much did John Tillman pay to photoshop away the potholes that are “Oppositeland” (In) & MO & KY & … /s

    Comment by Smitty Irving Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:18 am

22. Notice that Wisconsin decided to patch their portion of the problem.

    Comment by A guy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:20 am

23. Honestly, where was this picture taken? This image is a little too good (or too useful) to be true.

    Comment by Lord Voldemort Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:20 am

24. One more inch of rain and you can see for yourself: Davenport gets it.

    Comment by A guy Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:21 am

25. You don’t even want to know what is buried under that oil and water … let’s just say more ex-govs should be in jail.

    Comment by I Miss Betohs Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:23 am

26. Nothin’ that some cold patch can’t fix.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:31 am

27. Okay, a caption:

    You know how sometimes folks from Michigan will use their hand like it’s a map? In Illinois we use potholes. It’s our thing.

    Comment by Lord Voldemort Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:43 am

28. Underwater

    Comment by walker Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 10:51 am

29. Also noticed that the southern part of the state gets all the asphalt.

    Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 11:18 am

30. Wisconsin looks so new and well paved.

    Comment by Montrose Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 11:33 am

31. No, that’s not ‘Nessie.’ It’s just Squeezy coming up for air.

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 11:34 am

32. A rising tide…

    Comment by Strategy Geek Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 11:39 am

33. For once, western Illinois is the envy of the rest of the state.

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 12:42 pm

34. The pond at IDOT’s Hanley Building is supposed to be shaped like Illinois.

    Comment by Hanley Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 12:50 pm

35. –Honestly, where was this picture taken? This image is a little too good (or too useful) to be true.–

    Of course. It got some help.

    But if you go up a block, there’s an image of the Virgin Mary in a salt stain under a viaduct.

    Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 12:58 pm

36. ===the Virgin Mary in a salt stain under a viaduct===

    Ahem, we refer to that as “Our Lady of the Fullerton Underpass.”

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 1:03 pm

37. Those beaches could be the site of a beautiful tower.

    Comment by lost in the weeds Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 2:17 pm

38. Our newest portal to Hell.

    Comment by Enemy of the State Thursday, May 9, 19 @ 4:32 pm

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