# Potholes: Causes, Cures and Prevention

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Video VH-125 Potholes: Causes, Cures and Prevention This video illustrates the formation of potholes through water permeation of pavement, the freeze-thaw cycle, and traffic, especially in spring. Correct patching is demonstrated step-by-step: excavation, cleaning and compacting the base, tack coating, filling with layers of asphalt, and compacting the fill. The video also outlines a 12-step preventive maintenance program based on regular inspections, preventive maintenance and proper repair procedures.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1983
- By: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.dot.fhwa.ttp.vh-125)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader or archive marks it public domain, and nothing the site holds bears that out (its record gives no year, or a year from 1978 on, which no US term has left), so where it is free is not known. Unclear is not offered.