road crew

hard hats

Rigid protective headgear

• reflective vestsLuminous safety garments
• traffic conesPortable roadway warning markers
• barricadesStructures preventing passage

flagger · caution tape · safety glasses · work boots · gloves · flares · warning signs · pilot car · high-visibility clothing · steel-toed boots

excavator

Machine that digs earth

• bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
• graderOne who assigns scores
• rollerRotating cylindrical tool

jackhammer · backhoe · crane · pile driver · earthmover · mixer · trenching · paving · compaction · dump truck

highway

Major road for travel

• roadwayPaved surface for traffic
• pavementHard road covering
• asphaltPetroleum-based paving material

concrete · thoroughfare · arterial · corridor · interchange · overpass · bridge · shoulder · median · lane

foreman

Worker who directs others

• laborersWorkers doing physical tasks
• flaggersPeople directing traffic
• supervisorsThose who oversee workers

teamwork · shifts · work gang · pavers · linemen · surveyors · inspectors · truck drivers · apprentices · journeymen

pothole repair

Fixing street surface cavities

• patchingRepairing by covering
• resurfacingComing up again
• crack fillingSealing narrow openings

sealant · milling · overlay · drainage · scarifying · rehabilitation · sweeping · snow removal · salting · bridge repair

• crews
• celebrity entouragebodyguard, bodyguards, assistant, assistants, manager
• construction workersconstruction worker, laborer, foreman, site foreman, site supervisor
• public workerscivil servant, firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, social worker
• public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
• tradeselectrician, plumber, carpenter, welder, mason