04-26-2016, 12:44 PM | #61 |
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04-26-2016, 08:43 PM | #63 | |
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I suppose this is still on the topic of roads- but a dirt/gravel road can actually be maintained for 'safe' 60km/hr travel with a good grader. However it takes a skilled welder and materials to build a good grader (my current efforts of just tipping the tractor bucket and dragging the driveway work, but not 'good grader' well). |
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07-22-2016, 05:42 AM | #64 |
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Re: [AtE] Condition of Highways
Sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead.
How long would a highway through a tropical rainforest last without maintainence? Would such a road still be reasonably intact after 10 years of light traffic? |
07-22-2016, 08:21 AM | #65 | |
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* Even a dirt road will last a bit, it's the rainy season in Brazil that makes dirt roads undriveable, not encroaching flora. |
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07-22-2016, 04:09 PM | #66 |
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Thanks for the information!
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07-22-2016, 04:31 PM | #67 |
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Another way of looking at it might be a chance of blockage per (unit of distance) per major weather event since last maintained.
Say (big GM variable here) 1 major event per annum and 20 years since it was maintained equals a major blockage on a roll of 6 or less and poor surface on a roll of 10 or less. Just a thought
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07-23-2016, 11:02 AM | #68 |
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Note: Most roads in the Amazon rainforest are unpaved! They only really need grading after each rain season, and without those rains would last several years without needing regrading. Even then it's the traffic that would erode the road the fastest. It takes at least a decade for trees and ground flora to encroach on a decently cut unused dirt road. It really is rain and use that damage them fastest... and after one good rainy season a dirt road is almost useless*, except that it's still pretty clear of underbrush (fallen trees and such thoguh would be a hazard).
* It's still driveable in flat lands. It's hills and mountains where wash outs will actually remove the road and return it to a slope. Even a well paved road can be washed out in a severe storm if it hasn't been properly maintained for years. |
07-23-2016, 11:35 PM | #69 |
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Re: [AtE] Condition of Highways
Here are some pictures of a part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that's been abandoned since 1968:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abando...vania_Turnpike Looks better than you'd expect. But keep in mind that it was a very major highway at the time. |
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