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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CONCRETE ROADS
Biockham Street. Length 85 yds.; area—710 super, yds. ; opened
to traffic—November 6, 1919 ; nature of traffic—light.
Content Street. Length—93 yds. ; area—538 super, yds. ; opened
to traffic—January 10, 1920 ; nature of traffic-—-light.
Wadding Street. Length—163 yds. ; area—1,013 super, yds. ;
opened to traffic—January 10, 1920 ; nature of traffic—-medium.
Queen’s Row. Length—182 yds. ; area—1,440 super, yds. ; opened
trafflc February 12, 1920 ; nature of traffic—light.
Westmoreland Road. Length—217 yds. ; area—1,920 super, yds. ;
opened to traffic—March 26, 1920; 'nature of traffic—medium.
Trafalgar Street. Length—340 yds. ; area—3,000 super, yds. ;
opened to traffic—April 3, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
Thurlow Street. Length—533yds.; area—-3,700 super, yds.; opened
to traffic—June 3, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
South Street. Length—177 yds. ; area—1,479 super, yds. ; opened
to traffic June 26, 1920; nature of traffic—medium.
Wooler Street. Length—80 yds. ; area—573 super, yds. ; opened to
traffic July 10, 1920; nature of traffic—light.
Avenue Road. Length—£0 yds. ; area—614 super, yds. ; opened to
traffic July 24, 1920 ; nature of traffic—fairly heavy.
Heiron Street. Length—217 yds. ; area—1,637 super, yds. ; opened
to traffic August 7, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
Deverill Street. Length—275 yds. ; area—1,890 super, yds. ; opened
to traffic November, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
Lawson street. Length—35 yds. ; area—280 super, yds. ; opened to
traffic—November, 1920; nature of traffic—medium.
Lorimore Street. Length—350 yde.; area—3,010 super, yds.; opened
to traffic isovember, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
Ralph Street. Length 112 yds.; area—733 super, yds. ; opened to
traffic- November, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
Theobald Street. Length 200 yds.; area—1,206 super, yds.; opened
to traffic—November, 1920 ; nature of traffic—medium.
The other roads to be laid in this borough by the end of 1920
are Alsace Street, Alvey Street, Hill Street, and Mina Road,
and .>,000 additional yards are to be laid in Westmoreland Road.
The general method adopted is the same for all, although Mr.
Harrison, states that each street laid taught them something new,
and that, therefore, the whole scheme so far has been one of
continual progress, each road being an improvement in various
small details upon the one previously laid.
Construction.—The original roadway was of granite macadam,