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Discussion Forum : Highway Engineering - Section 3 (Q.No. 30)
30.
The wall constructed for the stability of a back filling portion of a road on the down hill side, is known as
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Dheeraj said:
6 years ago
Retaining wall.
Breast wall.
Butress wall.
Paraphet wall.
Breast wall.
Butress wall.
Paraphet wall.
Jignesh said:
5 years ago
Retaining wall _ = Retain filling.
Breast wall = Retain Natural Ground.
Breast wall = Retain Natural Ground.
Pramit said:
5 years ago
Right, Thanks @Garry.
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Henchoi Phom said:
5 years ago
Thank you @Akshay.
Wakas said:
5 years ago
Basic difference is retaining wall is designed to resist backfill earth pressure and breast wall is resist for natural earthen slope of hilly area. So the answer is correct.
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