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UNPAVED ROAD [8 records]

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Record 1 2023-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
DEF

A usually unpaved rural road off the main highway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Transport
DEF

A road where traffic runs on the foundation unprotected by surfacing.

OBS

unpaved road; unsurfaced road : terms and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

OBS

unpaved road : term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Transport routier
DEF

Route où la circulation s'opère sur les assises de chaussée non protégées par un revêtement.

OBS

route non revêtue : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

OBS

route non revêtue : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
  • Transporte por carretera
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Record 3 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

The unpaved ground beside a road at or near road level, often of rough grass, but forming part of the legal highway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
OBS

Bas-côté : Partie de l'accotement d'une route accessible aux piétons.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
DEF

Shape correction of unpaved road or shoulder surface by mechanical grader.

CONT

Dry blading unpaved roads does not hold up for any length of time before washboarding, raveling and potholes appear. This results in frequent blading to maintain an acceptable level of service ... A water truck and compactor must accompany the blade during normal blading operations. Proper compaction following blading reduces the frequency of maintenance as well as the loss of surface material.

OBS

blading: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
OBS

réglage à la niveleuse : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
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Record 5 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Maintenance
OBS

Dry blading unpaved roads does not hold up for any length of time before washboarding, raveling and potholes appear. This results in frequent blading to maintain an acceptable level of service ... A water truck and compactor must accompany the blade during normal blading operations. Proper compaction following blading reduces the frequency of maintenance as well as the loss of surface material.

OBS

blading : Shape correction of unpaved road or shoulder surface by mechanical grader.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
OBS

réglage à la niveleuse : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Maintenance
CONT

Dry blading unpaved roads does not hold up for any length of time before washboarding, raveling and potholes appear. This results in frequent blading to maintain an acceptable level of service ... A water truck and compactor must accompany the blade during normal blading operations. Proper compaction following blading reduces the frequency of maintenance as well as the loss of surface material.

OBS

blading : Shape correction of unpaved road or shoulder surface by mechanical grader.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
OBS

réglage à la niveleuse : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Unpaved Roads.... The use of geotextiles in unpaved roads is one of the most widely accepted geotextile applications, and geogrids are increasingly used in this application. Geotextiles and geogrids placed between a soft subgrade soil and an aggregate base layer improve the performance of the unpaved road essentially by performing two functions : separation and reinforcement.

OBS

Geosynthetics: The generic classification of all synthetic materials used in geotechnical engineering applications; it includes geotextiles, geocells, geogrids, geomembranes, and geocomposites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Routes non revêtues (...) Fonctions du géotextile. Séparation: le géotextile empêche l'interpénétration des matériaux d'apport et du sol support. Renforcement: le géotextile reprend et répartit les sollicitations localisées au niveau du sol support dans le cas des monocouches et renforce la structure dans le cas des multicouches.

OBS

On désigne sous le nom de géotextiles les textiles utilisés en géotechnique pour améliorer les propriétés des matériaux employés et modifier celles des structures réalisées. Les géotextiles sont fabriqués presque exclusivement avec des matières synthétiques (polyester, polypropylène, polyéthylène, polyamide, etc,) résistant aux produits chimiques, à la moisissure, aux micro-organismes et conservant les mêmes qualités face à l'humidité ou à la sécheresse.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
DEF

Presence of dust on an unpaved road.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes

Spanish

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