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  2. Base course - Wikipedia

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    Class 3 Road Base Layers in the construction of a mortarless pavement: A. Subgrade B. Subbase C. Base course D. Paver base as binder course E. Pavers as wearing course F. Fine-grained sand. The base course or basecourse in pavements is a layer of material in an asphalt roadway, race track, riding arena, or sporting

  3. Road surface - Wikipedia

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    This road could be considered superior to any Roman road. [10] Roman roads varied from simple corduroy roads to paved roads using deep roadbeds of tamped rubble as an underlying layer to ensure that they kept dry, as the water would flow out from between the stones and fragments of rubble, instead of becoming mud in clay soils.

  4. Road - Wikipedia

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    Geosynthetics perform four main functions in roads: separation, reinforcement, filtration, and drainage; which increase the pavement performance, reduce construction costs and decrease maintenance. [48] [self-published source] The completed roadway is finished by paving or left with a gravel or other natural surface.

  5. Subbase (pavement) - Wikipedia

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    Layers in the construction of a mortarless pavement: A.) Subgrade B.) Subbase C.) Base course D.) Paver base E.) Pavers F.) Fine-grained sand. In highway engineering, subbase is the layer of aggregate material laid on the subgrade, on which the base course layer is located. It may be omitted when there will be only foot traffic on the pavement ...

  6. Highway engineering - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Wearing course - Wikipedia

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    The wearing course, also known as a friction course or surface course, is the upper layer in roadway, airfield, and dockyard construction. The term 'surface course' is sometimes used slightly different, to describe very thin surface layers such as chip seal. In rigid pavements the upper layer is a portland cement concrete slab.

  8. History of road transport - Wikipedia

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    Through his road-building experience, McAdam had learned that a layer of broken angular stones would act as a solid mass and would not require the large stone layer previously used to build roads. By keeping the surface stones smaller than the wheel width, a good running surface could be created for traffic.

  9. Stack interchange - Wikipedia

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    Due to strong opposition, I‑70 ends at a park and ride three miles (4.8 km) east. As a result, the road east of I‑695 sees little traffic compared to the high volumes to and from the west. Another four-level stack interchange in the Baltimore area is located at the northeastern junction between I-695 and I-95.