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In civil Engineering (Road Works), Should joints of concrete kerbs be in line with the joints in concrete carriageway?

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Question added by Muhammad Shakeel , CAD Design Manager , M/S zeeruk Intl.
Date Posted: 2015/02/24
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Mohammed Abul Mansur
by Mohammed Abul Mansur , General Manager , Sanmar Properties Limited

Yes, it should be in line with joint of carriage way.

Mahmoud Alhawamdeh
by Mahmoud Alhawamdeh , Highway Design Engineer , AECOM

The location of joints in kerbs is not arbitrary and they should match with joints in concrete carriageway.Otherwise, it is very likely that cracks may form in concrete kerbs at location of pavement joints.

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