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Road surface

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 traffic, such as a road or walkway. In the past, gravel road surfaces, macadam, hoggin, cobblestone and sett granite were extensively used, but these have mostly been replaced by asphalt or…

Development, Surface deterioration & Other surfaces

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Development

Asphalt

Concrete

Composite pavement

Recycling

Bituminous surface

Gravel surface

Other surfaces

Acoustical implications

Surface deterioration

Markings

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Road surface

Nodes195
Edges194
Triples51
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010256
Components1

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Road surface

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related to Gravel surface · 20
Road surface → Applying, Australia, Besides, Britain, Bronze Age, Canada, French, Gravel, Latin, New Zealand, Next, Oxfordshire, Road, Roman, Roman Empire, Saskatchewan, The, There, US, Yarnton
related to Markings · 2
Road surface → It, Road
related to Otta seal · 1
Road surface → Otta

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asphalt pavement road concrete used surface roads gravel surfaces traffic pavements aggregate may also cement methods material construction roadways paving

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
United Statesinstance ofPavements are crucial to countries0.80text
Canadainstance ofPavements are crucial to countries0.80text
which heavily depend on road transportationinstance ofPavements are crucial to countries0.80text
Long-Term Pavement Performance have been launched to optimize the life cycle of different road surfaces.Pavementinstance ofresearch projects0.80text
in constructioninstance ofresearch projects0.80text
is an outdoor floor or superficial surface coveringinstance ofresearch projects0.80text
flagstoneinstance ofstones0.80text
cobblestoneinstance ofstones0.80text
and settsinstance ofstones0.80text
artificial stoneinstance ofstones0.80text
bricksinstance ofstones0.80text
tilesinstance ofstones0.80text

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