roadcut
Cliff beside highway
A roadcut is an excavation through rock or hillside to create a path for a road.
Where terrain rises, engineers cut through rather than go over or around, leaving exposed rock faces on one or both sides.
Roadcuts often reveal geological layers otherwise hidden underground, making them popular study sites for geologists: The roadcut exposed millions of years of sedimentary deposits.
Parallel geological layers
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- formationCreation or arrangement
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
rockface · escarpment · cliff · erosion · slope · exposure · limestone · sandstone
Act of unearthing
- blastingExplosive material removal
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
drilling · earthmover · backhoe · jackhammer · drainage · gravel · embankment · benching
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- switchbackReversing mountain path
- routePath from A to B
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
thoroughfare · carriageway · turnpike · expressway · guardrail · shoulder · right-of-way · grade
Collapsed cliff material
- landslideMass of earth falling
- geotechnicalRelating to soil engineering
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
freeze-thaw · seepage · undercutting · mitigation · monitoring · failure · slippage
strata
Parallel geological layers
sediment · rockface · escarpment · cliff · erosion · slope · exposure · limestone · sandstone · shale
excavation
Act of unearthing
- blastingExplosive material removal
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
dynamite · drilling · earthmover · backhoe · jackhammer · drainage · gravel · embankment · benching · shotcrete
interstate
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- switchbackReversing mountain path
- routePath from A to B
bypass · thoroughfare · carriageway · turnpike · expressway · guardrail · shoulder · right-of-way · grade · alignment
rockfall
Collapsed cliff material
- landslideMass of earth falling
- geotechnicalRelating to soil engineering
- anchoringFastening securely to position
netting · freeze-thaw · seepage · undercutting · mitigation · monitoring · failure · slippage
roadcuttunnel
Enclosed underground route
underpass · bore · mountain tunnel · subway · culvert
roadcutembankment
Raised earth structure
fill · tunnel · road tunnel · causeway · viaduct
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