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Road metal   /roʊd mˈɛtəl/   Listen
Road metal

noun
1.
Broken rock used for repairing or making roads.






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"Road metal" Quotes from Famous Books



... are connected together, in the central portion, by a system of diagonal bracing, as is shown on Figs. 2 and 7. The carriage road on the platform consists of buckled plates resting on transverse girders spaced 6 ft. 6 in. apart, and covered with road metal, and for the sidewalks checkered plates are used. The ironwork in the bridge weighs 400 tons, and cost 8,400 l.; the abutments cost 3,600l., making the total outlay on the structure 12,000l. The bridge was tested by a uniformly distributed load of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Road metal" :   stone, rock



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