road condition

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been surfaced or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse. Roads have been adapted to a large range of structures and types in order to achieve a common goal of transportation under a large and wide range of conditions. The specific purpose, mode of transport, material and location of a road determine the characteristics it must have in order to maximize its usefulness. Following is one classification scheme.

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  1. TimothyN

    Back in the USSR

    In the 80s, I used to drive around the Soviet Union a fair bit, in my capacity as an executive jet pilot. There were many things to dislike and despise about the place, the fact that nothing mechanical worked, that the food was awful and the people permanently drunk. But the thing that really...
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