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A road of such material is called a "metalled road" in Britain, a "paved road" in Canada and the US, or a "sealed road" in parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [ 48 ] A granular surface can be used with a traffic volume where the annual average daily traffic is 1,200 vehicles per day or less.
A gravel road in Asikkala, Finland. 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 less-developed nations, and also in the rural areas of developed nations such as Canada and the United States.
The English name holloway (hollow-way) derives from the Old English "hola weg", a sunken road. [11] While many sunken lanes are now metalled, some are still unsurfaced green lanes, typically now designated as either bridleways or byways. A sunken road is a cross country equestrian obstacle. Pictures of sunken lanes in the United Kingdom
The first macadam road built in the United States was constructed between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland, and was named at the time Boonsborough Turnpike Road. This was the last section of unimproved road between Baltimore on the Chesapeake Bay to Wheeling on the Ohio River. Before it was macadamized, stagecoaches travelling the Hagerstown ...
Barrackpore Trunk Road, commonly known as BT Road, is 4-6 laned trunk road in Kolkata metropolitan area, West Bengal, India. It connects Kolkata with its suburb Barrackpore. Built in 1775, it is the oldest metalled road and one of the busiest roads in the country. The 18.1 km (11.2 mi) long road is a part of both State Highway 1 and State ...
Chaussee is an historic term used in German-speaking countries for early, metalled, rural highways, designed by road engineers, as opposed to the hitherto, traditional, unpaved country roads. The term is no longer used in modern road construction in Western Europe , but survives in road names and is used by historians.
The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) [1] is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years [ 3 ] it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent .
Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures—such as pavements (roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots, as well as industrial areas such as airports, ports and logistics and distribution centres, all of which use considerable paved areas) that are covered by water-resistant materials such as asphalt, concrete, brick, stone—and ...