Title: Extensive construction of concrete roads: the need of the hour
Abstract: India has the second largest road network in the world. Bulk of this road network, comprising major district roads, rural roads and urban roads constitute about 3.14 million km out of a total network of 3.34 million km. The traffic on these roads (excluding NH and State highways) mostly comprises two wheelers, three wheelers and slow moving vehicles that do not have any significant laden weight. Concrete pavements with smaller thickness/panel size can be conveniently constructed at such locations. IRC has recently published a number of codes/documents to meet such demand. This paper attempts to suggest as to how concrete roads can spread their wings wider to cover urban roads, rural roads and MDRs instead of concentrating only on National and State Highways. This will provide a long lasting and cost-effective remedy to the existing poor condition of these roads. Concrete is a better material to withstand hot climate and high rainfall areas. This characteristic should effectively be used to construct concrete roads, as long lasting pavements across the entire road network.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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