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  Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Engineered roads in the age of horse-drawn transport aimed for a maximum gradient of 1 in 30 on a macadamized surface, since this was the steepest a horse could exert to pull a load up hill, which it could manage easily on the flat.
Roads (except those on private property not accessible to the general public) are typically paid for by taxes (often raised through levies on fuel), though some public roads, especially highways are funded by tolls.
On the side of the road there may be retroreflectors on pegs, rocks or crash barriers, white toward the direction of the traffic on that side of the road, and red toward the other direction.
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 Road
In ancient times, transport by river was far easier and faster than travel by road, especially considering the cost of road construction and the difference in carrying capacity between carts and river barges.
The poor and variable state of the roads that resulted lead to the first of the 'Turnpike Trusts' around 1706.
Today, roads are almost exclusively built to enable travel by car and other wheeled vehicles.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/road.html   (1821 words)

  
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A road is defined by Lord Hale to be an open passage of the sea, which, from the situation of the adjacent land, and its own depth and wideness, affords a secure place for the common riding and anchoring of vessels.
Roads situated in cities are often, but not always, called streets or alleys; this reflects the historical fact that when they were first named there were more likely to be unmade roads in open country and paved roads in urban areas.
Roads (except those on private property not accessible to the general public) are typically paid for by taxes (often raised through levies on fuel), though some public roads are funded by tolls.
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 structural road design
Pavement Design A Guide to the Structural Design of Road Pavements Sydney roadway designers of Road Design Urban Design and the District offices to design the structures we also design walls and culverts and anything else that requires structural design Full service engineering firm based in Michigan serving municipal industrial and private clients.
Structural road design aims to ensure the road is strong enough for the expected number of vehicles...
design consists of two important technical aspects: geometrical road design[?] structural road design.
roof.recreationone.com /structural-road-design   (696 words)

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