# Why cant they make highways last forever

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 30, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-highways-last-forever/569563 "2011-01-30T22:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![laurence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@laurence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurence)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-highways-last-forever/569563/1 "2011-01-30T22:40:27Z")

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The answer to this is quite simple and basic, (despite all the complicated explanations): Nothing lasts forever, period.

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-highways-last-forever/569563/2 "2011-01-30T23:26:01Z")

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> [@laurence](#):
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> The answer to this is quite simple and basic, (despite all the complicated explanations): Nothing lasts forever, period.

I’m sure that explanation would have made for a riveting column too. We like to link to the column in question - [here](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2974/why-cant-they-make-highways-last-forever)it is.