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Road: Encyclopedia - Road
A road is a strip of land, smoothed, paved, or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel, connecting two or more destinations. Some roads ...
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Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Road - Usage And Etymology
In original usage, a "road" was simply any pathway fit for riding ("road" is cognate with "ride", e.g.: ships ride at anchor in roads). T...
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Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Road - Construction
Road construction requires the creation of a continuous right-of-way, overcoming geographic obstacles and having grades low enough to per...
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Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Road - Maintenance
Like all outdoor structures, roads deteriorate over time. They may develop cracks or potholes, or be washed away altogether by floods. Cr...
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Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Road - Driving On The Right Or The Left
Traffic drives on the right or on the left side of the road depending on the country. See Rules of the road. In countries where traffic d...
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Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Road - History
The first pathways were the trails made by migrating animals. By about 10,000 BC, these rough pathways were used by human hunter nomads f...
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Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Road - Design
Road design consists of two important technical aspects:
geometrical road design
structural road design
Besides these two technical sid...
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