Why concrete roads are laid in section with pitch between them?

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The lines of pitch between sections of concrete is to allow for expansion. The concrete would have been laid is sections formed by the wooden planks. Once the concrete sets, the wooden planks would have been removed from each section in turn. The molten pitch (tar) would have been poured into the gap left by the removed planks to fill in the gaps.

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