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    in slipperiness of a section of road can increase the accident rate of the section of road tenfold. Maintenance activities affecting slipperiness include...
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    comparisons) have been applied to measure slipperiness. Human subjects seem to be capable of differentiating the slipperiness of floors (Yoshioka et al. 1978,...
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  • Tarmacadam (redirect from Tarred road)
    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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    lane Historic roads and trails Ice road Roman roads Sunken lane Higher capacity roads, sometimes with medians 2+1 road 2+2 road Arterial road Autostrasse...
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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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    Plastic armour Portuguese pavement (mosaic-like) Road construction Road slipperiness Sealcoat Sett (paving) Nehme, Jean (14 July 2017). "About Long-Term Pavement...
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    Macadam (redirect from Macadam road)
    Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam around 1820, in which crushed stone is placed in shallow, convex...
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    Esplanade (redirect from Sea side road)
    Level crossing Manhole cover Oil spill Oversize load Pothole Road debris Road slipperiness Road train Roadkill Rockfall Rut Speed bump Storm drain Traffic...
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    ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling...
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    A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a semi-truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer...
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    A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a freeway since the 1940s) for which a fee (or toll) is assessed...
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    An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow...
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    In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations...
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    English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders...
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    and murram roads are therefore strictly gravel roads. Laterite and murram which contains a significant proportion of clay becomes very slippery when wet...
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    more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major...
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    A collector road or distributor road is a low-to-moderate-capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads. Unlike arterials...
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    opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are designed to higher standards with...
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    Roadkill (redirect from Road Fauna)
    source of fatality; and if one were to estimate the entire mileage of such roads in the state, the mortality must mount into the hundreds and perhaps thousands...
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    (/ˈkʌldəsæk, ˈkʊl-/; French: [kydsak], lit. 'bag bottom'), or a no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet. The term "dead...
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    A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs, as an efficient technology for traversing soft, marshy, or otherwise difficult ground...
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    The road hierarchy categorizes roads according to their functions and capacities. While sources differ on the exact nomenclature, the basic hierarchy comprises...
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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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    grade-separated roads. In addition, reducing the complexity of traffic movements reduces the risk of accidents. Grade-separated road junctions are typically...
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    (typically used in a tram transport context) Level crossing List of road-rail bridges List of road-rail tunnels Currie, Graham; Reynolds, James (January 2010)...
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    aggregate. In the United States, chipseals are typically used on rural roads carrying lower traffic volumes, and the process is often referred to as...
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    Median strip (redirect from Median (road))
    middelmannetjie, which originally referred to the hump between wheel ruts on a dust road). Neutral section and central nature strip[citation needed] are coinages...
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    A single carriageway (British English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a one carriageway with no central reservation/median strip...
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    A cat's eye or road stud is a retroreflective safety device used in road marking and was the first of a range of raised pavement markers. The cat's eye...
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    Gwadar Roads in Quetta Roads in Turbat Roads in Gilgit Roads in Skardu Roads in Abbottabad Roads in Mardan Roads in Peshawar Roads in Faisalabad Roads in...
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