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Is concrete used much in Europe? I’d think asphalt is a much more common highway surface material.
by Sharlin 3y ago
Is concrete used much in Europe? I’d think asphalt is a much more common highway surface material.
- Ekaros 3y agoProbably depends on climate. Asphalt handles freezing temperatures much better.
- buster 3y agoIt was used a lot in the GDR (and i suppose a lot in eastern europe a few decades ago).
- the_gipsy 3y agoAh yes, I remember the distinct sound and the rhythm from the joint lines that the concrete plaque roads made when driving through the GDR as a child.
- KineticLensman 3y agoIn the UK concrete has mainly been superseded by asphalt but there are one or two hold-outs. The M3 motorway (which heads from London down to Winchester / Southampton) has a long (ten miles?) concrete stretch which I drove along every day for years, although this is the exception that proves the rule. The road was noticeably more noisy / rumbly than others.
- michaelt 3y agohttps://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/concrete-roads/ https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/concrete-roads/ 400 miles, apparently. But much less common outside of the east of england. Concrete is also commonly used on heavy industrial estates - if they've got hundreds of 40 tonne lorries making sharp turns every day, they need the durability.
- madaxe_again 3y agoA lot of Warsaw pact countries, yes, and in Ukraine it was still common a decade ago when last I was there.