Cleveland/Cuyahoga County doesn't even bother to do that. Its policy on road maintenance (if indeed it has one) seems to be to patch it by pouring a too-large glob of tar into the hole (which creates its own problems), wait ten years, then spend six months resurfacing the road. What's really fun is when these roads slope, so if you're heading downhill, you get a really scary bumpy ride.

I miss home. There's a lovely rail-trail there that they resurfaced in 2005. With the exception of the playground-area crossing and maybe three holes (that ODNR was nice enough to circle in fluorescent yellow-green paint), it's smooth...