Dreams of a smooth, freshly paved 2nd Avenue will have to wait several days

We got up extra early this morning to check out the freshly paved Second Avenue. The DOT website and posted notices along the milled avenue noted the paving work to take place last night. 

As the top photo on 14th Street shows, it looks smooth! Yes!

And then we go one block south to 13th Street ... where the fresh asphalt abruptly stops and the milled roadway picks up...

The posted notices now say Tuesday night/Wednesday morning for presumably more paving — maybe more than a block this time? 

And they will come back [in a hopeful, encouraging tone] because they left all the pavers behind...

Not sure what happened with the paving last night. Maybe the city ran out of hot mix asphalt? 

Anyway! We walked down the avenue anyway, celebratory celebrations on hold. 

Crews did mark the outline all the way to Houston.

To be continued...