10. Glossary
Pavements
General term for the part of the road normally used for vehicular traffic.
Road shoulders
Lateral areas of the platform bordering the outside of the roadway, not normally intended for vehicle traffic.
Sidewalks
Shoulder areas bordering roadways and specially designed for permanent pedestrian traffic.
Ditch
Open structure designed to evacuate rainwater from the roadway. Located between the shoulder and the embankment, it marks the right-of-way.
Platform
Refers to a road surface comprising the carriageway(s), shoulders and, where applicable, medians.
Terre-plein central (TPC)
A central divider between traffic...
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Standards and norms
- Structural design of road pavements – Application to new pavements - NF P 98-086 - Mai 2019
- Geotechnical engineering assignments – Classification and specifications - NF P 94-500 - Novembre 2013
- Pavement testing – Measuring the deflection caused by a rolling load – Part 1: Definitions, means of measurement, characteristic values - NF P 98-200-1 - juillet 1991
- Pavement testing – Measuring the deflection...
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