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Long concrete driveway Chuck 11-15-2006
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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 17, 2006, 5:45 pm

> Hello,
> sorry for posting another driveway question - a few have been answered
> pretty thoroughly in the past couple of days.
>
> This question concerns a driveway/private road that I'm going to build on
> a steep(~20%) grade about 675 feet long. The current plan is to use two
> 3' wide strips of concrete 4 inches thick for the driving surfaces leaving
> a 26" open span in the center(or possibly covered with a sheet of thin
> concrete to prevent erosion). The reason for this design was price is and
> has been a stumbling block. So my first question would be, do these
> dimensions make sense and second, what do you think of the idea of going
> with two strips of concrete on a steep hill? Is that going to be
> problematic?

What kind of building does this service?
Can you see one end from the other?
Should you plan for a lay-by somewhere?
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MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca



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