Weird Damage To A Grocery Store Parking Lot

I cut through this retail shop today on my way back to the office from lunch and noticed these cracks and unexplained damage done to the parking lot. Mind you these were not here yesterday and there were not any heavy containers or objects placed in these areas overnight. As you can see most damage is over parking spots or inside them.

Im not claiming anything on this but just wanna know if anyone has a normal explanation or if this is something that needs to be looked into further.


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The second picture looks like a wheel mark from a mobile crane, but as for the rest, I dunno, had a lot of rain there? Maybe it loosened up the Tarmac where it was already cracked?

reply to post by MonkeyWrench30


Underground water softening the ground underneath the ashphalt causes this. Any reasonable weight (a car or a person walking) causes cracks & then displacement of the broken ashphalt.

Combination of crappy paving and erosion. I don't believe that this wasn't there yesterday. Prove it.

Sometimes after heavy rainfall, our roads here in Cali do the same thing, especially on highways. Is this just happening in the parking lot? How do the roads and other nearby streets look?

reply to post by MonkeyWrench30


Looks like water damage. It was not caused by a weight from above. Did the area recently have a lot of rain because it appears to be where you have a high water table that lifted. Check the parking lot where there is concrete slab rather than asphalt, if the concrete is damaged (looks pock marked) then it is definately water damage from below.

reply to post by AQuestion


We have had a lot of rain the past few days and are supposed to continue til Friday. That could be an explanation. Thanks.

Water damage due to upward seepage is what it looks like.

Storm drain breakage or blockage or just fluctuations in the water table could do this. Did it rain hard recently? Did the temperature warm up recently?

reply to post by MonkeyWrench30


I've got to side with AnimositisominA on this one - one of our parking lots here at work (added on after the fact) has the same kind of damage. It's the terrain & surfacing.

I'd have to assume you've just never noticed before, otherwise have no idea what could have caused apparent aged wear of the same sort overnight.

This parking lot has been poorly maintained and not sealed.
Happens all the time,especially were there has been alot of freezing and thawing.
Here we get huge potholes towards the end of winter.