Turnpike construction was made difficult by elevation, marshes, rivers, and lakes; subsoil varied from hardest granite to flaky mica hills and soft, crumbly rock formations; quantitative data concerning excavation, macadam base, bituminous pavement, steel reinforcement and structures, cement used, etc; toll system described.


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    Title :

    Massachusetts turnpike


    Additional title:

    Traffic Quarterly


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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