As the weather varies the concrete expands and contracts. If there were no gaps the concrete would buckle and crack.
It is unknown who came up with the idea to pave roads with concrete. The first concrete paved road was built in 1909 and was Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
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concrete due to lime which neutralizes acid and toxicities in rain thus purifying before it runs into storm sewers which goes into the waterways
Asphalt is used because primarily because it is cheaper than concrete. Asphalt is also more pliable, and can expand and contract in changing weather. Concrete, however, cannot expand or contract as well, so gaps are placed periodically to ease this tension or compression. Also Asphalt creates less noise than Concrete. it helps me walk better on da ground yasss very much
Concrete, whether in a road or a building expands (gets longer) in hot weather and contracts (gets shorter) in cold weather. So the builders install an expansion strip every so many feet to allow the concrete to make these small but significant changes in length. If this were not done, the concrete, when warm, would expand, and having nowhere to go, would go up (roads) or out (buildings), thus ruining the road or building. These expansion joints are filled with pitch, tar, or mastic - they call it different things in different parts of the country - to keep out water. Water would freeze, and cause the same problems.
They are expansion gaps that allow for the expansion and contraction of the concrete.
No the roads are made out of asphalt.
D. R Sharp has written: 'Concrete roads in Denmark, Western Germany and Holland, their layout, design and construction [by] D.R. Sharp [and] L.S. Blake' -- subject- s -: Concrete Roads, Europe, Roads, Roads, Concrete
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Concrete are used without reinforcement bars on concrete roads.
Sidewalks and roads.
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Because the concrete will expand and the tar will become soft. So the concrete has room to expand. With out cracking.
Because the concrete will expand and the tar will become soft. So the concrete has room to expand. With out cracking.
It is unknown who came up with the idea to pave roads with concrete. The first concrete paved road was built in 1909 and was Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Tires are made with rubber. Asphalt roads are made with petroleum products. Both are naturally black in color. Of course, concrete roads are normally beige, the natural color of concrete. And I've seen local roads paved with a concrete/stone mix made using red shale, and they have a strong pinkish hue!
it is durable and hard thats why concrete pavement is used