Highway EngineeringWiley, 1908 - 315 Seiten |
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50 Large asphaltic cement binder binder course bitumen blocks Board of Chosen brick bridgestones briquettes broken stone cent centre Chosen Freeholders clay clean concrete foundation construction contractor course crown curb curbstones Cyanide Process depth Descriptive Geometry diameter dirt road drainage drains dust earth Electrolysis embankment engineer and supervisor excavation expense Fahrenheit feet filled foot lengths furnished grade granite gravel gutter hard hauled horses inches joints laid Large 12mo layer laying less limestone load loam macadam machine manholes material Mechanics mixed mixture mortar necessary one-half pavement paving cement placed Portland cement Qualitative Chemical Analysis rammed relaid removed repairs reset road surface roadbed roadway rock roller rolling ruts sand sandstone satisfactory side ditches sidewalks slope smooth specifications square street Strength of Materials subgrade thickness tractive force traffic uniform wagon wear wheels width
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Seite 65 - Engineer shall be of the opinion and shall so certify in writing to the...
Seite 57 - ... in cases where they are destroyed or interfered with in the formation of the roadway, and all other excavations and embankments connected with or incidental to the construction of the said road. EXCAVATION.
Seite 127 - Under this head will be included all excavations and embankments required for the formation of the highway, cutting all ditches or drains about or contiguous to the road, removing all fences, walls, buildings, trees, poles or other...
Seite 198 - I - length of span, in inches - 6; b - breadth of brick, in inches • d - depth of brick, in inches. 5. Samples for test must be free from all visible irregularities of surface or deformities of shape, and their upper and lower faces must be practically parallel. 6. Not less than ten brick shall be broken, and the average of all shall be taken for a standard test.
Seite 137 - The contractor must also preserve the roadway on which he is working from needless obstruction, and where necessary he must construct safe and commodious crossings, to be maintained in good order. He shall afford all proper and reasonable means for the accommodation of the public, and leave the roadway complete in every manner ready for immediate use.