Which consequence arises during frost heaves affecting Roman roads?

💡 Explanation

Frost heaves cause subgrade lifting and pavement cracking because repeated freezing/thawing expands subsurface water via ice lens formation; therefore, structural integrity decreases, rather than only affecting rolling resistance or drainage without pavement damage; the mechanism is volumetric expansion.

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