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A road is a thoroughfare from one place to another, primarily used for movement of traffic. Many roads are paved.
The words "road" and "street" are commonly considered to be interchangeable, but the distinction is important in urban design. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. Roads also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads.
The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a large cable-stayedroad-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one mast's summit at 343 metres (1,125ft) — slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38m (125ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. The viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004, inaugurated the day after and opened to traffic two days later. The bridge won the 2006 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award.
The bridge’s construction broke three world records:
The highest pylons in the world: pylons P2 and P3, 244.96 metres (803ft 8in) and 221.05 metres (725ft 3in) in height respectively.
The highest mast in the world: the mast atop pylon P2 peaks at 343 metres (1,125ft).
The highest road bridge deck in the world, 270m (890ft) above the Tarn River at its highest point.
Image 9Sacrifices to the Modern Moloch, a 1923 cartoon published in St. Louis Star, criticizing the apparent acceptance by society of increasing automobile-related fatalities (from Road safety)
Image 10Jan Brueghel (I) - Travellers on the Way, second half of 16th Century (from History of road transport)
Image 12The Great North Road near Highgate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from History of road transport)
Image 13Utrecht has specially painted bicycle-only lanes. (from Road safety)
Image 14According to Eurostat and European Railway Agency, in European railway mode of transport, there is a fatality risk for passengers and occupants 28 times lower compared with car usage. Based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010. (from Road safety)
Image 18Replacing the old road with concrete blocks in Bo'ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China (from Road surface)
Image 19According to Eurostat, there is almost a linear proportion between the total number of passenger-km driven by car and road fatalities. (from Road safety)
Image 20The Dutch Reach - Use far hand on handle when opening to avoid dooring cyclists or injuries to exiting drivers and passengers. (from Road safety)
Image 21Replacing the old road with concrete pavers in Bo'ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China. (from Roadworks)
Image 23Annual traffic deaths sign over I-95 in Georgia, US, indicating more than three deaths per day (from Road safety)
Image 24A patched road rut at a PortlandOregon bus stop. During the summer this part of the road will be hot and combined with a bus's high ground pressure will compress and deform part of the road. Due to the lower elevation from the driveway, a large portion of the buses weight leans on one wheel causing damage to the road. Despite the repairs, you can see the patch is already damaged. This happens yearly. (from Road surface)
Image 25Polymer cement overlaying to change asphalt pavement to brick texture and color to create decorative crosswalk (from Road surface)
Image 26The schedule of maximum tolls allowed on the Woodstock to Rollright Turnpike Trust on the Great Road to Worcester in 1751 (from History of road transport)
Image 34Car fatalities per pax-km vs. car usage per pax-day; in Europe. It seems, at least in these European countries, that car fatalities per person-km have no strong correlation with massification of car usage. The average car usage in these countries is around 30km per person-day with varying number of fatalities ratios. These differences might be related with different cultural approaches to traffic codes, or more safety measures implemented on such countries. (from Road safety)
Image 36Different layers of road including asphalt layer. The total thickness of a pavement can be measured using granular base equivalency. (from Road surface)
Image 39A US poster from the 1940s (from Road safety)
Image 40John Metcalf, also known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough. Drawn by J R Smith in The Life of John Metcalf, published 1801. (from History of road transport)
Image 41Pavement ends and turns into gravel surface road. (from Road surface)
Image 42Crack sealing machine in Dnipro, Ukraine. (from Road surface)
Image 43Vehicles experiencing a breakdown or an emergency can stop in the emergency lane; these lanes may themselves present risks to traffic. (from Road safety)
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