Recent questions tagged roads

Description : When you cross a road, and the signal turns red, when you are not even half-way across, what do you do?

Last Answer : Keep on walking. Relaxed, with a slight anticipation of getting run over. Luckily the majority of traffic participants here are very friendly and patient.

Description : [Fluff time] How would you describe to someone the differences in streets that say ”dead end”, ”no outlet”, and ”not a through street”?

Last Answer : answer:A dead end is just that; a bit down the road, it just ends. No cul-de-sac, no curb, just dirt beyond the asphalt. No Outlet is put up when there would seem to be ... through Berkeley CA where they put planters at intersections to calm traffic by not having people be abel to rive through.

Description : Blower vs Plow?

Last Answer : I’d go with plow. I would think you could do things with a plow that you can’t do with a blower, like move cow carcasses off the road. And stuff.

Description : Will the collapse of the I-5 bridge north of Seattle last night change your driving?

Last Answer : No, I mean maybe i’ll think of this question next time I drive under/over a bridge. You see, you achieved something today if nothing else :)

Description : Reusing ground glass in roads: safety, efficacy, longevity wise?

Last Answer : There’s essentially no difference between ground glass and course sand, and course sand is routinely used in concrete paving.

Description : How much water run off is there per foot of asphalt? (Flooding question).

Last Answer : answer:Calculating how much storm water runoff leaves your parcel is simply a matter of multiplying the percent impervious surface times either the annual precipitation or amount of an individual storm event. ... is one thing you calculate. You also calculate how much it rains in rare storm events.

Description : What is this common streetside object? (picture)

Last Answer : I think they are sniffer poles.

Description : How is it decided where to place Roads?

Last Answer : answer:It depends a lot on how old the road is. Several answers manifest in Manhattan. In two parts of town (Financial District and Grennwich Village) the roads are over 200 years old, way before cars, and they ... As far as inclines a road will tend to be laid out to even out the climb to the pass.

Description : Which forms of locomotion does the federal ingress egress law apply to?

Last Answer : answer:I'm no expert but I believe a property can certainly be landlocked and you might have a very difficult time getting permissions, easements to unlandlock your property. And as far as I know these issues, ... 's the way it works. Here and here are at least a couple of links that address this.