crushed stone macadam
1Crushed stone — 20 millimetre crushed stone, for construction aggregate and landscape uses. Crushed stone or angular rock is a form of construction aggregate, typically produced by mining a suitable rock deposit and breaking the removed rock down to the desired… …
2macadam — /meuh kad euhm/, n. 1. a macadamized road or pavement. 2. the broken stone used in making such a road. [1815 25; named after J. L. McAdam (1756 1836), Scottish engineer who invented it] * * * Form of pavement invented by John McAdam. McAdam s… …
3macadam — noun /məˈkædəm/ a) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar coated for modern traffic). b) Any road or street See Also: asphalt, brick, cobbles, gravel, tar, crown, crowning, dusting …
4bituminous macadam — noun : a pavement constructed by spreading two or more layers of crushed stone on a suitable base and pouring a bituminous binder on each …
5History of road transport — The history of road transport started with the development of tracks by humans and their beasts of burden. Early roads The first forms of road transport were horses, oxen or even humans carrying goods over tracks that often followed game trails,… …
6road — roadless, adj. roadlessness, n. /rohd/, n. 1. a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway. 2. a way or course: the road to peace. 3. a …
7Road transport — (British English) or road transportation (American English) is transport on roads of passengers or goods.A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse drawn boat.HistoryThe first forms of road transport were horses, oxen or… …
8Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …
9mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
10Infrastructure — Public infrastructure Assets and facilities Airports · Bridges · Broadband …
