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macadam road

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macadam road (məkăd`əm): see pavement pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent.
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Today, when we think of macadam roads, we probably think of blacktop.
Bumps along Worcester's journey from cowpaths to highways by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
near the corner of 144th Street South and South Macadam Road, Tukwila.
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The first bituminous macadam road in America is credited to Rhode Island.
As Worcester lurched into the age of the auto in '05 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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