‘Like the Mariana Trench’: Potholes are bad this year. Here’s why.

By: Mara Hoplamazian

Outlets: NHPR

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 495

Last Updated: 2 days, 13 hours ago


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Chris Leo was on his way home from dinner, driving along Spruce Street in Manchester, when several cavernous holes appeared. There was no way out but through.

“Think of a black abyss, like a black hole, and then double it, is basically the deepness of these potholes,” Leo said. “It was like the Mariana Trench.”

In one of those immense craters, he lost a tire. His friends helped …

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