macadamize

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  1. surface with macadam
    macadam the road
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How To Use macadamize In A Sentence

  • For decades, the term to macadamize meant to pave a road.
  • In 1916, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee built macadamized roads connecting with the Government Pike, and the Pike was added to the ‘Dixie Highway’ system.
  • Tarmacadam is created by spraying tar along a macadamized road to bind it together further and pressing the surface with a roller to drive the tar deep into the macadam.
  • WALLACE presented the petition of citizens of Preston and Monongalia counties, asking the incorporation of a joint stock company to repair and macadamize the Morgantown and Beverley turnpike road; which was ordered to be referred to the committee of roads and internal navigation. Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861.
  • The general plan adopted, and which has been adhered to, was to start at the city limits of the county-seat and to grade and macadamize all of the important public roads from this point out toward the township and the county limits. North Carolina and its Resources.
  • If such resolution declares only an intention to macadamize, the contract should not be let for both macadamizing and curbing the sidewalk.
  • During her visit, the dedication of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem took place and Miss Lunevsky noted how the streets were being ‘macadamized’ in preparation for the visit of Lord Balfour.
  • On macadamized roads, stage coaches and freight wagons could travel unimpeded by bogs or ruts.
  • By 1862, some parts of St. Charles Road were macadamized and three years later it had been built of rock for its length, leading to the ‘Rock Road’ title it still bears.
  • In consequence of these operations the King decided to move to Commercy, which place we reached by carriage, traveling on a broad macadamized road lined on both sides with poplar-trees, and our course leading through a most beautiful country thickly dotted with prosperous-looking villages. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
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