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road surface

durable surface material of a road
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road surface

Summary

road surface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • road surface is a type of building material[2].
  • road surface is a type of physical surface[3].
  • road surface is a type of paver[4].
  • road surface is part of road base[5].
  • road surface's Commons category is recorded as Road surfaces[6].
  • road surface comprises paved road surface[7].
  • road surface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pavements[8].
  • road surface's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • road surface's different from is recorded as Decke[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include building material[2], physical surface[3], and paver[4].

Use and Application

road surface comprises paved it[7]. It is part of road base[5].

Why It Matters

road surface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_road-surface_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{road surface}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/road-surface}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Pavements
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1331, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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