Road construction

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compactor type engineering vehicle used in the construction of roads and foundations

construction equipment used to lay asphalt

thumb|300px|Potholes occur with traffic over a roadway that has been weakened by water in the supporting soil structure. A pothole is a pot-shaped depression in a road surface, usually asphalt pavement, where traffic has removed broken pieces of the pavement. It is usually the result of water in the underlying soil structure and traffic passing over the affected area. Water first weakens the underlying soil; traffic then fatigues and breaks the poorly supported asphalt surface in the affected area. Continued traffic action ejects both asphalt and the underlying soil material to create a hole i

thumb|The chaussee over the Saint Gotthard Pass|Sankt Gotthard was built in 1827–1830 Chaussee is an historic term used in German-speaking countries for early, metalled, rural highways, designed by road engineers, as opposed to the hitherto, traditional, unpaved country roads. The term is no longer used in modern road construction in Western Europe, but survives in road names and is used by historians. In Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet states it remains a generic term for a common paved highway outside of built-up areas, but they may transition into prospekts within towns and cities.

A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine. The leveling/flattening action is achieved through a combination of the size and weight of the vehicle and the rolls: the smooth wheels and the large cylinder or drum fitted in place of treaded road wheels.

longitudinal dent in a road caused by vehicle traffic

civil engineering term; the work of ensuring a level base, or one with a specified slope, for a construction work

smaller chunks or particles of granite, produced by weathering

asphalt road hazard

German manufacturing company

process of planning the maintenance and repair of roadway networks