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International Paving
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Some Facts
The first concrete
pavement in the

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world was built in The first concrete
Inverness, Scotland, pavement in the
in 1865. Some of the western hemisphere
concrete pavement was built in
laid in Edinburgh, Bellefontaine, Ohio,
Scotland, in 1872 is USA in 1891. Sections
still in use today. are still in service.
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 South Africa

Dominican
Republic

Spain
Belgium

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 Bolivia
Peru
Brazil

Chile
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 Mexico
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 Kenya

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 U.S.A.

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China Understand Heavy Traffic!
640,000 km added in 4 years!?!?!? 70%+ is
Concrete

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Indonesia
Indonesia
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