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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 bowl stops (not where it leaves the road surface), a chalk mark is made at the nearest point on the road and the next throw is taken from behind that...
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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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    A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed. Gravel roads are common in...
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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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    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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    Tire (redirect from Off-the-road tire)
    the road surface. Contact patch— The contact patch, or footprint, of the tire, is the area of the tread that is in contact with the road surface. This...
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