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When an ice road is part of a winter road, as is commonly the case, its design and construction is comprised within the overall road planning, i.e. in conjunction with the over-land segments. [2] Either way, factors that need to be addressed before construction include the following:
A winter road is a seasonal road only usable during the winter, i.e. it has to be re-built every year. This road typically runs over land and over frozen lakes, rivers, swamps, and sea ice. [1] [2] Segments of a winter road that cross an expanse of floating ice are also referred to as an ice road or an ice bridge. [1]
The Road of Life (Russian: Доро́га жи́зни, romanized: doroga zhizni) was the set of ice road transport routes across Lake Ladoga to Leningrad during the Second World War. They were the only Soviet winter surface routes into the city while it was besieged by the German Army Group North under Feldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb .
Ice Road Truckers; Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road; W. Wapusk Trail; Wetum Road This page was last edited on 15 September 2015, at 09:39 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road is an annual ice road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Northern Canada. Between 400 and 600 km (250 and 370 mi) long, the road is said to be the world's longest heavy haul ice road and operates for eight to ten weeks starting in the last ...
Kentuck Knob, also known as the Hagan House, is a house in rural Stewart Township near the village of Chalkhill in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.Designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it is 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. [3]
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Pages in category "Buildings and structures made of snow or ice" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.