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B. Construction of City Streets and Pavements.

  • Lecture I. Pavement Economics and Street Designs. Establishment
    of Street Grades.

  • II. Street Drainage and the Construction of Curbs and
    Gutters.

  • III. Foundations for Streets and Pavements. Subgrade,
    drainage, and constructing the foundation.

  • IV. Sheet Asphalt Pavements. Materials, preparation,
    handling, grades, durability.

  • V. Sheet Asphalt Pavements. Methods of Construction,
    Maintenance and Repair.

  • VI. Miscellaneous Asphalt Paving Materials. Rock asphalt,
    asphalt blocks, asphalt macadam, coal tar.

  • VII. Brick Pavements. Materials for foundation and pavement.
    Testing paving bricks.

  • VIII. Brick Pavements. Construction and Maintenance.
    Grades and repairs.

  • IX. Stone Block Pavements and Cobble Stone Pavements.
    Construction and repairs.

  • X. Wood-Block Pavements. Materials, Construction and
    Maintenance.


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  • XI. Comparison of Pavements as to Cost, Life, Traction,
    Repairs, Sanitation.

  • XII. Side-Walks. Materials, Construction, and Maintenance.

  • XIII. Bicycle paths and Bicycle Race Tracks.

  • XIV. Written Test Examination.