I guess you are right about the studs..... no way it is the streams of double and triples tractor trailers that stream out of Anchorage EVERY NIGHT to Fairbanks. No way that it is substandard materials being used on the road each time it is repaired. What is the current count on how many times the asphalt has been reused to pave the road. It is weird in the middle of summer the last time the paved between the two overpasses at Eagle River, by the time you got to the South overpass the road was all ready had ruts in the left side lane. It was brand new and rutted. All tires and  over loaded truck cause road damage. What part of the lower 48 is Goossel from ? Maybe she will go back. I have lived in Alaska for 40 years and I for one am tired of the current self serving people we have helping up?