Different states roads, different noise levels

[DaveSwan]

I picked up a 2023 Escape ST a couple of months that had Bridgestones that are noisy as heck, at least compared to the Michelins there were on its predecessor. On Interstates here in Georgia they are noisy. A couple of weekends ago we went over to South Carolina and they were fine. Any thoughts.

 

[Cujet]

Some states use a form of porous asphalt which helps prevent standing water. This road surface is noisy. Maybe that's what you are noticing? Of course, the tires make a big difference too.

I was using Michelin LTX M/S 2 on my F150. 275/55/20. Wonderful tire! Nice and quiet, great steering response for a truck tire, superb wet grip for my thousands of HP (well maybe 300HP) and so on.

Replaced them with a similar tire from Costco. Michelin DEFENDER LTS M/S. They are horribly noisy, and squirmy by comparison.

 

[earlyre]

you can always tell the Second you cross the OH/MI border on I-75... smooth in OH, thump thump thump over the expansion joints in MI....

 

[Zee09]

Those tires must be like Mobil 1 oil...very talkative.

 

[I<3oil]

On our drive through Neb., South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Iowa.....we encountered probably 15-20 different road surfaces and noises.

 

[Zee09]

On the way to Florida from MD. the bridge paving sounds like a cell phone ringing.
It gives you that instant panic and you look but nobody is calling. Anyone else hear that.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Different counties, different asphalts.

 

[Chris142]

Ca uses asphalt. Nv uses concrete with grooves. big sound difference

 

[dubber09]

Also, some pavement is very dark while other is lighter in color that actually makes it easier to drive at night and especially when it's raining due to some light reflection.

 

[loneryder]

State of Va recently coated their paved roads with a tar and chip mixture. Made the roads really noisy. When I cross into WV it gets real quiet with just blacktop.

 

[Egg_Head]

Not sure which road you were on but I-85 North once you hit the SC state line is rough as a cob for miles.

 

[userfriendly]

On our drive through Neb., South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Iowa.....we encountered probably 15-20 different road surfaces and noises.

In Canada you’ll encounter that in the first few miles, I mean kilometres.

 

[eljefino]

State of Va recently coated their paved roads with a tar and chip mixture. Made the roads really noisy. When I cross into WV it gets real quiet with just blacktop.

Tar & chip is cheap garbage. Are these main highways or back roads?

 

[loneryder]

Tar & chip is cheap garbage. Are these main highways or back roads?

Both

 

[carviewsonic]

They do a lot of tar and chip in my area. I’m not sure what good it does on a road, but it sure adds a lot of annoying road noise.

 

[edyvw]

1. Road construction is lucrative local issue.
2. Micro climate requires different material. When I worked for NATO we had English engineers reengineering top surface pf lical road with same material they used in England. Local engineers told them it won’t work bcs. acidity of rains. Two people died, local engineers had to mill the road to prevent sliding.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Not sure which road you were on but I-85 North once you hit the SC state line is rough as a cob for miles.

+1 Right up to around Clemson where it opens to three lanes.