TESTING ROAD STRENGTHS.—Mr W. Soutter, of the Ministry of Works, taking a reading on a pavement deflection indicator while checking the strength of the carriageway of State Highway 72 (Woodend to Winchester). The department has been checking other highways in Canterbury, also. The road strength is checked by taking readings every tenth of a mile on each side of the road to test the flex in the road surface caused by a truck carrying an eight-ton load. The deflection is measured in thousandths of an inch.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30739, 1 May 1965, Page 22
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86TESTING ROAD STRENGTHS.—Mr W. Soutter, of the Ministry of Works, taking a reading on a pavement deflection indicator while checking the strength of the carriageway of State Highway 72 (Woodend to Winchester). The department has been checking other highways in Canterbury, also. The road strength is checked by taking readings every tenth of a mile on each side of the road to test the flex in the road surface caused by a truck carrying an eight-ton load. The deflection is measured in thousandths of an inch. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30739, 1 May 1965, Page 22
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