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The Roadpatcher

MTA Bridges and Tunnels Roadpatcher truck, at left, fills a pothole at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge 92nd Street exit ramp in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

So far this winter, MTA Bridges and Tunnels has used nearly 13 tons of hot asphalt and 1300 gallons of emulsion to fill potholes on its seven bridges and two tunnels using the Roadpatcher.

The Roadpatcher is an efficient and effective weapon in the fight against potholes caused by winter’s freeze/thaw cycle. The truck is a self-contained unit that allows the repair operation to move from one pothole to another quickly without having to set up cone lines and close lanes for long periods. It can make more than 100 pothole repairs during an eight-hour work shift. The Roadpatcher features a nozzle at the end of a boom at the front of the truck that performs multiple repair operations. A blast of air cleans out dirt, debris and moisture from a pothole. Then a coat of hot emulsion is applied to the hole, which is the filled with hot asphalt and covered with a dry layer of stone aggregate.

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