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    A road surface (British English) or pavement (North American English) is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular...
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    Road surface marking is any kind of device or material that is used on a road surface in order to convey official information; they are commonly placed...
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  • Tarmacadam is a concrete road surfacing material made by combining tar and macadam (crushed stone and sand), patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley...
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    the metal road deck under traffic, a special surface of modified bitumen was installed by research teams from Appia (company) [fr]. The surface is somewhat...
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    A road is a thoroughfare for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians...
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    importance of selecting clean stones for surfacing while excluding vegetable material and clay, resulting in more durable roads. By the late 18th and early 19th...
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    Macadam (redirect from Macadam road)
    the surface stones smaller than the width of a wheel made for a good running surface. The small surface stones also provided low stress on the road, so...
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    and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures...
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    building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings. Setts, also called Belgian blocks, are often referred...
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    Chipseal (redirect from Surface dressing)
    used on rural roads carrying lower traffic volumes, and the process is often referred to as asphaltic surface treatment. This type of surface has a variety...
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