Hole Patrol: Meet “The Monster,” Indy’s worst pothole
On the far northeast side amid the suburban streets near a busy high school, lurks the Monster of 75th Street.
Pothole stories fill the news each spring. A candidate for mayor decries the futile efforts to stem the tide of tire damage and wrecked suspensions.
Yes, there are many potholes, but The Monster of 75th Street is the worst - easily swallowing a DPW cone the way a hungry bear grabs a hapless squirrel.
Like real estate, it’s about location: On a street so pockmarked that cars weave perilously across the centerline to dodge the craters, The Monster is ready. Dodge the others, this beast of the shattered pavement says, but I swallow the unwary in my angry maw.
Drivers now have their worst potholes memorized, knowing when to edge to the side, slow down or even stop until it’s safe to creep through the yawning cliffs of shattered pavement. But The Monster waits, patiently and without pity.
You may have a monster of your own. If so, let us know at the Monument Circle Facebook page. The monsters fear nothing but the shovels of spring, and their time is coming if the people will rise up.
- John Strauss, jcs1122@yahoo.com
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