Roads & Motorways

Ever since its invention, Reinforced
Earth® has been used in the construction of road structures, motorways
and bridge abutments, which often means cutting through uneven terrain
and working with poor soil conditions and rocky or unstable slopes.

The Reinforced Earth® technology stabilizes the lay-out for the different
structures, especially by creating retaining structures, stable embankments
and walls. The system has therefore been widely used over the last 50 years
for the construction of roads and motorways in urban, suburban, hydraulic
and mountainous environments.

Port Mann Highway 1, British Columbia, Canada

Coquihalla Highway, British
Columbia, Canada

Reinforced Earth® was first used to build single-tier or multi-tier
retaining walls alongside roads.

It is also used in many other types of applications for road structures:
- Viaduct access ramps,
- Complex multi-level interchanges,
- Structures on uneven terrain,
- Road widening,
- Bridge abutments.