Street, avenue, boulevard or drive: how to understand the classification of US streets and roads

Street, avenue, lane, court, drive are just a few subtypes of streets that are found in the United States. How to understand what is what, and why the road on which your house is located is called a boulevard and not an avenue, for example? The author of the channel tells ...

In Virginia, the road unexpectedly collapsed, completely engulfing the car. A PHOTO

Rescuers in Virginia pulled the wrecked car out of an unexpected hole in the road. The parked car fell into it completely. The road collapsed on July 4 in Dale City, swallowing up a red car, which, fortunately, was empty at the time, writes Fox ...

The condition of roads in the USA has deteriorated by 25% over 10 years: states with the most dangerous and safe highways

Between 2008 and 2017, the proportion of roads in the United States that are in poor condition increased by 25%, according to a new study of data on the condition of federal highways. A study by AutoInsurance.org found that about 10% of all US highways and 8% of American bridges ...

A company from the Netherlands offered to build plastic roads in the USA

The Dutch company VolkerWessels has proposed replacing worn-out asphalt roads in the United States with plastic PlasticRoad. This was reported on the Discovery News website. The company proposes to replace old concrete and asphalt road surfaces with recycled plastic. According to the firm's research, their coverage will be three ...

Obama invites American companies to chip in for road repairs

  Today, President Barack Obama will announce the new fiscal 2016 budget plan. Among the president's bold proposals will be a long-term, expensive global road repair plan, which will be paid in part through new taxes. A six-year road repair project ...

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