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Difference Between Concrete, Concrete Slabs and Concrete Lanes? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm on Street Complete and I'm trying to differentiate between Concrete, Concrete slabs, and concrete lanes. There's a walkway that's just a normal concrete walkway, I didn't know there were so many designations for this.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

As I understand it, concrete plates, at least in the UK, tend to be quite big, like the road here:

Concrete Road

You might find though that pavements / sidewalks are made up of smaller plates, as they're easier to transport and fit, rather than waiting for a large area of concrete to set. The only paths that I can think of right now that are concrete are on private property, so I can't link to them. They're things like garden paths and are continuous.

If you're not sure though, you can always tag as surface=concrete and let someone else add any extra detail in the future. At least then the basics are there :)