Concrete Roads
and Their Construction
År: 1920
Serie: Concrete Series
Forlag: Concrete Publications Limited
Sted: London
Sider: 197
UDK: 625.8 Con-gl.
Being a Description of the concrete Roads in the United Kingdom, together with a Summary of the Experience in this Form of Construction gained in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America.
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CHAPTER I
CONCRETE ROADS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
A. METROPOLITAN ROADS
Southwark
Mr. Arthur Harrison, M.Inst.C.E., the Borough Engineer of South-,
wark, has long been convinced of the value ot the concrete road,
and under his recommendation a stretch of concrete roadway
was laid as an experiment in Penton Place in August and
September, 1918. The success of this having been assured,
the Southwark Borough Council laid down a programme
for nine concrete roads, all of which have now been constructed,
and so satisfactory have they proved that a more extensive
scheme still has been decided upon, to include a total of twenty-
five roads and streets by the end of 1920. At the time of going
to press twenty-one of these have been completed.
Penton Place. Half of this roadway was laid in concrete as an
experiment in August and September, 1918, and the remainder
in 1919, being opened to traffic on December 19. Its length is
370 yds., and the area 2,680 super, yds. The traffic is described
as being part heavy and part medium.
Amelia Street. Length—320 yds.; a-ea—1,940 super, yds. ; opened
to traffic—July 14, 1919; nature of traffic—part heavy, part
medium.
Steedman Street. Length—193 yds. ; area—1,630 super, yds. ;
opened to traffic—August 16, 1919; nature of traffic—heavy coal
traffic in winter.
Warner Street. Length—220 yds.; area—2,459 super, yds.; opened
to traffic—October 1, 1919; nature of traffic—-heavy.
Standard Street. Length—186 yds.; area—1,141 super, yds.; opened
to traffic—October 21, 1919 ; nature of traffic—part heavy, part
medium.
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