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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

History John Metcalf roads (1717-1810)

• He was working in England at the time when Tresaquet was busy in France.

• He experimented road construction with a graded mixture of earth and gravel.

• Since Mr. Metcalf was blind, his work could not be recorded.

• But it is believed that he was following the procedure outlined by Robert Philips in 1737.

• Robert Philips method consisted of laying gravel layer upon a well drained and dried sub-

grade.

• Gravel layer was used to be compacted in due course of time, by the action of the

traffic using road.

• Metcalf constructed about 290 km of road in northern parts of England.

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