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Pages in category "Road construction" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Replacing the old road with cobblestones of cement in Bo'ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China. Road work in Oulu, Finland. Roadworks, also called road construction or road work, occur when part of the road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs.
The road remained in use after Roman times. These road systems reached as far east as Bactria and India. [34] In ancient times, transport by river was far easier and faster than transport by road, [30] especially considering the cost of road construction and the difference in carrying capacity between carts and river barges.
Highway engineering (also known as roadway engineering and street engineering) is a professional engineering discipline branching from the civil engineering subdiscipline of transportation engineering that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, highways, streets, bridges, and tunnels to ensure safe and effective transportation of people and goods.
Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam c. 1820, in which crushed stone is placed in shallow, convex layers and compacted thoroughly. A binding layer of stone dust (crushed stone from the original material) may form; it may also, after rolling, be covered with a cement or bituminous binder to ...
Construction of Interstate 95, downtown Richmond. Road expansion refers to the increasing rate at which roads are constructed globally. Increases in population size and GDP, particularly in developing nations, are the primary drivers of road expansion [1] but transportation planning decisions also play an important role.
The alignment is the route of the road, defined as a series of horizontal tangents and curves. The profile is the vertical aspect of the road, including crest and sag curves, and the straight grade lines connecting them. The cross section shows the position and number of vehicle and bicycle lanes and sidewalks, along with their cross slope or ...
A road being resurfaced using a road roller Red surfacing for a bicycle lane in the Netherlands Construction crew laying down asphalt over fiber-optic trench, in New York City A road surface ( British English ) or pavement ( North American English ) is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot ...