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Term of the Road Dictionary

thick asphalt pavement

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Construction Flexible and Semi-Rigid Pavements
  • Definition : Structure including a bituminous surface layer on bitumen-bound aggregates laid in one or two courses (base layer and subbase layer). Note: the thickness of these two courses varies from 15 to 40 cm.

Asphaltoberbau

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Bau Flexible und halbstarre Fahrbahnbefestigungen
  • Definition : Oberbau mit bituminöser Deckschicht, die in einer oder zwei Schichten aus bitumengebundenen Gesteinskörnungen (obere und untere Tragschicht) verlegt ist. Die Dicke dieser beiden Schichten variiert zwischen 15 und 40 cm.

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