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" To give the center line such a position, with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. "
A Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements - Page 13
by Quincy Adams Gillmore - 1876 - 258 pages
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Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute ..., Volume 7, Part 2

Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science - 1890 - 456 pages
...most direct line ; (2) to avoid all unnecessary ascents and descents within the smallest practical limits ; (3) to adopt such slopes or gradients for...be reduced to the smallest amount." (Prof. Mahan.) GRADES AND TRACTIVE FORCE. " Upon common roads the grades, or the angles which the axis of the road...
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A Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements

Quincy Adams Gillmore - 1892 - 312 pages
...earth can be made at less than one-fourth the cost of excavations in rock. Location of the Line. "lu selecting among the different lines of the survey...and also the cost of bridges and other accessories, sliall be reduced to the smallest amount.'' (I'rof. Mahan.) Except in a flat and level country, it...
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A Treatise on Highway Construction: Designed as a Text-book and Work of ...

Austin Thomas Byrne - 1892 - 752 pages
...When a road is encumbered with useless ascents, the wasteful expenditure of power is considerable. (d) To give the centre line such a position, with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. (e) To cross all obstacles...
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Bulletin, Issue 8

Geological Survey of Georgia - 1901 - 344 pages
...useless ascents, the useless expenditure of power is considerable. 4 Give the center line of the road such a position with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall l>e reduced to the smallest possible amount. 5 Cross all obstacles,...
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Highway Construction ...: Instruction Paper, Volume 1

Austin Thomas Byrne - 1906 - 96 pages
...encumbered with useless ascents, the wasteful expenditure of power is considerable. (d) To give the center line such a position, with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. (e) To cross all obstacles...
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Highway Construction: A Practical Guide to Modern Methods of Roadbuilding ...

Austin Thomas Byrne, Alfred Edward Phillips - 1907 - 152 pages
...encumbered with useless ascents, the wasteful expenditure of power is considerable. (d) To give the center line such a position, with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. (e) To cross all obstacles...
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Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on ..., Volume 6

American School of Correspondence, Chicago, American School (Lansing, Ill.) - 1909 - 488 pages
...encumbered with useless ascents, the wasteful expenditure of power is considerable. (d) To give the center line such a position, with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. (c) To cross all obstacles...
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The Art of Roadmaking: Treating of the Various Problems and Operations in ...

Harwood Frost - 1910 - 576 pages
...commensurate with easy grades. 3. To avoid all unnecessary ascents and descents. 4. To give the center line such a position with reference to the natural surface of the ground that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. 5. To cross all obstacles,...
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The Art of Roadmaking, Treating of the Various Problems and Operations in ...

Harwood Frost - 1910 - 576 pages
...commensurate with easy grades. 3. To avoid all unnecessary ascents and descents. 4. To give the center line such a position with reference to the natural surface of the ground that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. o. To cross all obstacles,...
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Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on ..., Volume 1

1920 - 472 pages
...encumbered with useless ascents, the wasteful expenditure of power is considerable. (4) To give the center line such a position, with reference to the natural surface of the ground, that the cost of construction shall be reduced to the smallest possible amount. v (5) To cross all...
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