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  2. Parking space - Wikipedia

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    A new standard size of 2.6 meters wide (8.5 ft) and 5 meters long (16.4 ft) has been proposed. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In Australia, the dimensions are defined in AS2890 and are 2.4 m wide by 5.4 m long.

  3. Roll-off (dumpster) - Wikipedia

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    Roll-off containers have a rectangular footprint, typically determined by the size of typical trucks. Roll-off container sizes are determined by the amount of debris they can hold, measured in cubic yards. [2]

  4. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal).

  5. Interstate Highway standards - Wikipedia

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    Median width: The median should have a width of least 50 feet (15 m), and preferably 60 feet (18 m), in rural areas, and 10 feet (3.0 m), plus a barrier, in urban or mountainous areas. Recovery areas : There should be no fixed objects in the clear zone , the width of which should be determined by the design speed in accordance with the current ...

  6. Heliport - Wikipedia

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    The approach surface begins at each end of the heliport primary surface with the same width as the primary surface, and extends outward and upward for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet (1,200 metres), where its width is 500 feet (150 metres). The slope of the approach surface is 8-to-1 for civil heliports.

  7. Turning radius - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing the path of a driver performing a U-turn.A vehicle with a smaller turning diameter will be able to perform a sharper U-turn. The turning radius (alternatively, turning diameter or turning circle) of a vehicle defines the minimum dimension (typically the radius or diameter) of available space required for that vehicle to make a semi-circular U-turn without skidding.

  8. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    Metric units are units based on the metre, gram or second and decimal (power of ten) multiples or sub-multiples of these. According to Schadow and McDonald, [1] metric units, in general, are those units "defined 'in the spirit' of the metric system, that emerged in late 18th century France and was rapidly adopted by scientists and engineers.

  9. Drop tower - Wikipedia

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    Big Shot on the top of The Strat reaching 329 metres (1,081 ft) was the highest situated drop tower ride in the world, with a drop of 49 metres (160 ft) to a base 281 metres (921 ft) above ground level; Space Probe located at Wonderland Sydney in Australia; Apocalypse at Drayton Manor; Detonator: Bombs Away at Thorpe Park; Ice Blast at Pleasure ...