No the roads are made out of asphalt.
D. R Sharp has written: 'Concrete roads in Denmark, Western Germany and Holland, their layout, design and construction [by] D.R. Sharp [and] L.S. Blake' -- subject- s -: Concrete Roads, Europe, Roads, Roads, Concrete
concrete
Concrete are used without reinforcement bars on concrete roads.
Sidewalks and roads.
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As the weather varies the concrete expands and contracts. If there were no gaps the concrete would buckle and crack.
Because the concrete will expand and the tar will become soft. So the concrete has room to expand. With out cracking.
Because the concrete will expand and the tar will become soft. So the concrete has room to expand. With out cracking.
It is unknown who came up with the idea to pave roads with concrete. The first concrete paved road was built in 1909 and was Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Tires are made with rubber. Asphalt roads are made with petroleum products. Both are naturally black in color. Of course, concrete roads are normally beige, the natural color of concrete. And I've seen local roads paved with a concrete/stone mix made using red shale, and they have a strong pinkish hue!
They are expansion gaps that allow for the expansion and contraction of the concrete.