Which risk increases when substantial moisture permeates a Roman road's layered structure?

💡 Explanation

When moisture permeates a Roman road, frost heave occurs because water expands upon freezing, creating ice lenses within the roadbed that displace and weaken the structure. Therefore structural degradation results, rather than stress cracking, pavement improvement, or pressure reductions which require very different mechanisms.

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