asphalt

It “addresses the effects of concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces that cover the urban landscape in these two watersheds, to protect water quality in the creeks, rivers and beaches downstream,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The runway-turned-test track was overhauled in 2011—new layout, fresh asphalt, safety barriers—and now includes two clinically perfect, constant-radius 180-degree turns: the hairpins of destiny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

And as “Blow Out” reminds us, all it takes to be pulled into this vicious riptide is the squeal of a shot-out tire skidding against the asphalt.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Pets are also at risk, with authorities recommending dogs remain indoors except for bathroom breaks, and warning owners to watch for hot asphalt that can burn paws.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Everything was cold and quiet except for a milk truck that idled at the rear entrance as two silent, sleepy-looking men unloaded the wire crates and let them fall with a clatter on the asphalt.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

He also is developing what he says should be more-affordable pothole-resistant pavements, using non-petroleum "bio asphalts" derived from waste materials such as corn stalks and switch grass.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2010

The asphalts, then, have a common history in this, that they are produced by the evaporation and oxidation of petroleum.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various

Both coal tars and water gas tars of semi-solid consistency are also employed for the same class of construction as the liquid asphalts.

From American Rural Highways by Agg, T. R. (Thomas Radford)

I wouldn’t change this trail to Top Hill for all the boulevards and asphalts of Chicago, and our ranch-house has got any hotel I saw skinned by a mile for real living.

From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip

Such is, in fact, the case; and these older asphalts are represented by Grahamite, Albertite, etc., which I have designated as asphaltic coals.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various

"For some reason," a deputy writes, "Brunner believes the asphalted driveway … is now his property."

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022

The next day, traffic flowed over the newly asphalted road, and life in the capital had returned to near normal.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

It is said to be the highest asphalted road in the Pyrenees.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2021

Starting with Chinatown, earthen basements were concreted, concrete ones flooded with carbolic acid, walls washed with lye, streets asphalted, cesspools filled and decrepit dwellings demolished.

From Nature ● Apr. 23, 2019

From here he has almost a clear asphalted or macadamized road out of New York.

From Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 by Various

The BR-163 connects the agricultural powerhouse state of Mato Grosso to the Amazon ports Miritituba and Santarém, and in November the army finished asphalting its last unpaved section.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2020

At the Arena Amazonia, where England will play their opening game against Italy on Saturday, workers are still asphalting the ground outside the stadium, fitting doors and fixing power cables in the changing room.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2014

"We are happy and thankful to the foreigners for asphalting the 100km Ghorband-Kabul road," says Haji Ahmad, a truck driver from Shinwari.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2012

Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war damaged roads and bridges.

From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency