Searle's railway spiral adapted to road work reduces surfacing and grading costs, simplifies field surveys, and cuts down office computations. Spiraling of highway curves has been adopted as standard practice by North Carolina State Highway Commission.


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    Title :

    Spiral curves cut costs of North Carolina road work


    Additional title:

    Eng. News-Rec


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1924


    Size :

    4 pages


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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