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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Oh, I forgot to answer this part:

a pothole can easily be patched on the surface relatively quickly by a road crew. A damaged pipe may need additional work

Based on the image posted here, it looks like the pipes are flexible and laid several inches below the final grade of the road (look at where the manhole covers are for an estimate of the grade). That will keep the pipes from experiencing much more mechanical action than they can handle, and they'll be far below the level of a pothole.

They're also installed in parallel (note the line of fittings crossing the road about halfway up the photo). Any breakage or blockage in one of the loops will be passively compensated for in other lines.