Although concrete roads use a technology that was established a century ago, this same technology has been in continuous development during the course of the 20th century with advances in the design of road structures andthe materials used as well as a steady broadening of the range of application of the technology. To a large extent this development was spurred by international exchanges of experience and in particular between the US andvarious European countries. The purpose of this communication is to illustrate how these international exchanges worked, who the principal actors were, and what their impact on the development of a certain key road construction technique was. Belgium, like certain other European countries, has sustained the success and development of this type of road by maintaining numerous contacts, particularly within the Technical Committees of PIARC, the technical publications of PIARC and the technology transfers supportedby numerous experts in various countries. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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