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Embankment (transportation) and Road

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Difference between Embankment (transportation) and Road

Embankment (transportation) vs. Road

A road, railway line or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain, the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour. A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.

Similarities between Embankment (transportation) and Road

Embankment (transportation) and Road have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Fill dirt, Grade (slope), Track bed.

Fill dirt

Fill dirt is earthy material which is used to fill in a depression or hole in the ground or create mounds or otherwise artificially change the grade or elevation of real property.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Track bed

The track bed or trackbed is the groundwork onto which a railway track is laid.

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Embankment (transportation) and Road Comparison

Embankment (transportation) has 17 relations, while Road has 329. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 0.87% = 3 / (17 + 329).

References

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