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    Borrow pit is an area where material like soil, gravel or sand has been excavated to be used elsewhere, usually for construction projects. Borrow pits are often located near major construction sites so the material can be easily transported. The pits are sometimes used for other purposes after excavation, such as becoming wildlife habitats or areas for waste disposal. They are also sometimes called "barrow pits" in parts of the western United States, referring to ditches created along roadways to provide fill material to level the road.

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    Borrow pit is an area where material like soil, gravel or sand has been excavated to be used elsewhere, usually for construction projects. Borrow pits are often located near major construction sites so the material can be easily transported. The pits are sometimes used for other purposes after excavation, such as becoming wildlife habitats or areas for waste disposal. They are also sometimes called "barrow pits" in parts of the western United States, referring to ditches created along roadways to provide fill material to level the road.

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    Borrow pit is an area where material like soil, gravel or sand has been excavated to be used elsewhere, usually for construction projects. Borrow pits are often located near major construction sites so the material can be easily transported. The pits are sometimes used for other purposes after excavation, such as becoming wildlife habitats or areas for waste disposal. They are also sometimes called "barrow pits" in parts of the western United States, referring to ditches created along roadways to provide fill material to level the road.

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    Borrow pit is an area where material like soil, gravel or sand has been excavated to be used elsewhere, usually for construction projects. Borrow pits are often located near major construction sites so the material can be easily transported. The pits are sometimes used for other purposes after excavation, such as becoming wildlife habitats or areas for waste disposal. They are also sometimes called "barrow pits" in parts of the western United States, referring to ditches created along roadways to provide fill material to level the road.

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    Borrow pit

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    An excavator working in a borrow pit.


    In construction and civil engineering, a borrow pit, also known as a sand box, is an area where
    material (usually soil, gravel or sand) has been dug for use at another location.[1] Borrow pits can be
    found close to many major construction projects. For example, soil might be excavated to fill an
    embankment for a highway, clay might be excavated for use in brick-making, gravel to be used for
    making concrete, etc.
    In some cases, the borrow pits may become filled with ground water, forming recreational areas or
    sustainable wildlife habitats (one such example is the Merton Borrow Pit, near Oxford in
    central England, excavated to provide materials for the nearby M40 motorway). In other cases,
    borrow pits may be used for landfill and waste disposal.
    A regional variation of this is termed "barrow pit" in the western United States (especially the Rocky
    Mountains). The localism -- sometimes pronounced "borrer pit" -- describes the ditch along a
    roadway. These ditches were created to provide the fill to level and crown the roadway and
    subsequently provided drainage for the road.[2]

    See also[edit]
     Cut and fill
     Earthworks (engineering)
     Gravel pit
     Quarry

    Subgrade
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Layers in the construction of a mortarless pavement: A.) Subgrade B.) Subbase C.) Base course D.) Paver
    base E.) Pavers F.) Fine-grained sand
    In transport engineering, subgrade is the native material underneath a constructed road,[1] pavement
    or railway (US: railroad) track. It is also called formation level.
    The term can also refer to imported material that has been used to build an embankment.

    Construction[edit]
    Subgrades are commonly compacted before the construction of a road, pavement or railway track,
    and are sometimes stabilized by the addition of asphalt, lime, portland cement or other modifiers.
    The subgrade is the foundation of the pavement structure, on which the subbase is laid.
    The load-bearing strength of subgrade is measured by California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test, falling
    weight deflectometer backcalculations and other methods.

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