Why does newly paved asphalt sound so much quieter when driving over it?

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Why does newly paved asphalt sound so much quieter when driving over it?

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Independent of the other responses here of “new road smoother”, it is also possible your newly paved roads make use of porous asphalt which is a newer (~1980) special kind of asphalt. One of its advantages is absorbing some of the tire noise.

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