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roadbed

NOUN
  1. a bed supporting a road

How To Use roadbed In A Sentence

  • We use notebook and linear Array CCD to in-phase non-contact measure the vibration of roadbed and rail in the open air.
  • Road damage starts when buses and other heavy vehicles over a certain weight threshold cause the roadbed to flex and crack.
  • Because the melted water cannot drain into the frozen subsoil, the upper lifts of a roadbed become saturated and the road's load bearing capacity is greatly reduced.
  • They begin beneath the roadbed where subsurface water meets the advancing frost line and forms a layer of ice, called a lens.
  • Add such attachments as scarifiers, and graders can even tear up old roadbeds.
  • But note that there are some long stretches where the roadbed is not that great, with the top inch or so of pavement peeling badly, especially in the right-hand lane. Toll roads from Nogales to Tepic
  • As the water drops, submerged trees, rocks, even old roadbeds break the surface or, worse, lurk just below it, waiting to bust a prop or bend a shaft.
  • A minority of these roads, although listed with a carriageway of constant thickness, may have had a similar surface profile, provided the roadbed on which they were formed had a central camber.
  • On our left, a sheering ledge cut off the roadbed.
  • Scrambling down a steel ladder, he paused on rung, two feet above the roadbed flashing by.
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