Road construction has never been a particularly attractive event. Except maybe for kids who get excited about big excavators at work. But if roads were asphalted everywhere the way they are asphalted in Australia, then it would be a real attraction for everyone. What's more, this method of paving is so fast that the road is being created before your eyes. A five-kilometer section in the west of Australia was paved in two days!
Countryside in Western Australia Shire of Moora became unexpected internet sensation, after an aerial shot of the scene circulated online road construction. Asphalting was in progress express fast and like a well-oiled machine. Layer after layer and 4.9 kilometers of road were ready for traffic in two days. When we think about how long construction takes place in our country, such information is quite hard to believe. The workers drew the road almost as quickly as drawing a line on a sheet of lined paper.
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Why don't they build like that here? Unfortunately, this type of construction is suitable only for dry areas, where the weather is constant and the roads are not excessively busy. Asphalting proceeds according to the method chipseal. First, the truck spreads a thin film on the ground layer of bitumen or emulsion, after which it is then used sand, and the work is completed by the roller. It should be emphasized that such a road surface is not as durable as usual. They don't have any tampon, i.e. the hardened base on which they lay hot asphalt. Despite everything, it is an extraordinary one an engineering achievement, before which we can only take off our hats.
