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What Are Plastic Roads | How to Make Plastic Roads | Who Invented Plastic Roads | First Man Made Plastic Road | Advantages & Disadvantages of Plastic Roads

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What Are Plastic Roads? Plastic Roads are roads that are made completely of plastic or composites of plastic made with other materials. Plastic Roads are generally of two kinds. The first type of plastic road is made up of modular, hollow and prefabricated road elements made from waste consumer plastics.

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Flying Without Altitude

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This bright outlook turned gloomy in 2004, when US Airways began phasing out the PIT hub. This year, only 300 flights and about 8 million passengers will travel through PIT. The gas will be delivered to a single pipeline and a new network of roads won’t be needed. Numerous gates at PIT have been eliminated or stand empty.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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As the region’s conduit to travel, BNA often serves as the first and last impression of Nashville for travelers. Recently introduced concepts, including Hissho Sushi, Vino Volo and Berry Field Bistro, now give travelers even more dining options at the airport. The Nashville Airports Experience. The world is taking note, too.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Runway 9R-27L, located on the south side of the airport and running parallel to Griffin Road, is now being rehabilitated and lengthened. Little Rock is where ‘America Comes Together’—located at the crossroad of Interstate 30 and the most heavily traveled Interstate in the nation, Interstate 40. In addition, the $165 million William J.

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From an abattoir to a giant knitting machine, the fascinating new photography book that looks for beauty in unexpected places

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Danish Crown’s Horsens Slaughterhouse, Denmark: Completed in 2004, this slaughterhouse kills approximately 100,000 pigs a week, according to the book, making it one of the largest in the world. Mads snapped up the first one and began building a 60,000-square-metre facility, the largest in Europe.

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Which is YOUR favourite? Nasa is running an out-of-this-world knock-out photography competition – featuring amazing pictures of Earth taken from space

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A jaw-dropping image of planet Earth’s Western Hemisphere, which was created using a composite of several pictures captured by satellites between 1994 and 2004. Street lights mark out the road grid system and the River Seine can be seen snaking around the city.

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7 Modern Marvels in Construction

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One of the greatest achievements in modern engineering, the Millau Viaduct is the world’s longest suspended bridge and the tallest cable-stayed road bridge anywhere. Instead, the roads were constructed on both side of the mighty towers and then rolled out to meet in the middle of the bridge. Spanning a length of 31.4