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Chipseal (also chip seal or chip and seal) is a pavement surface treatment that combines one or more layers of asphalt with one or more layers of fine aggregate. In the United States, chipseals are typically used on rural roads carrying lower traffic volumes, and the process is often referred to as asphaltic surface treatment. This type of surface has a variety of other names including tar-seal[1] or tarseal,[2] tar and chip, sprayed seal[3] surface dressing,[4] or simply seal.[5]
In Australia as well as New Zealand, chipseal roads are common, including usage on major highways.
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- ^ Orsman, Harry W. (1997). The Dictionary of New Zealand English (First ed.). Auckland: Oxford University Press. p. 818. ISBN 0-19-558347-7.
- ^ Sprayed Seal, Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base, accessed January 29, 2010
- ^ Gransberg, Douglas D.; James, David M. B. (2005). Chip Seal Best Practices. National Cooperative Highway. Transportation Research Board. pp. 13–20. ISBN 9780309097444.
- ^ "More than 100 motorists lodge damage claims after road seal peels off at Dome Valley". 25 February 2024.