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Term of the Road Dictionary

fin drain

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Drainage and Sewerage
  • Definition : Drainage structure installed between the carriageway and the verge to collect water which has infiltrated into the pavement and to prevent the subsurface penetration of water from the verge to the carriageway.

Randentwässerung

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Straßenentwässerung
  • Definition : Entwässerungseinrichtung, die zwischen der Straße und dem Bankett installiert ist, um das Wasser zu sammeln, das in die Fahrbahnbefestigung eingedrungen ist, und um zu verhindern, dass Wasser vom Bankett in die Tragschicht der Fahrbahn eindringt.

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