Pothole, Orangeburg County, S.C.

Pothole, near Bowman, S.C.
Pothole, near Bowman, S.C.

This pothole on U.S. Highway 178 east of Bowman is just one of a gazillion pitting South Carolina roads.  The state has an estimated $27 billion in road and bridge maintenance needs to bring its extensive highway system to being good.  But lawmakers continue to shy from raising the state’s gas tax, one of the lowest in the nation.

Photo by Andy Brack, April 23, 2014.  All rights reserved.