Cape Cod berm

noun

A low asphalt berm with sloped face at the edge of a paved area.

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Meanings

nounCape Cod berm (plural Cape Cod berms)

plural Cape Cod berms

  1. engineeringA low asphalt berm with sloped face at the edge of a paved area.

    The Cape Cod berm is more popular and has a slope from the street up.

    2020, Auburn, Massachusetts Highway Division
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    We installed 45,000 square feet (overlay) of hot mix asphalt (HMA) at a depth of 2 inches as well as installed new cape cod berm around the perimeter of the entire parking lot.

    2015, U.S. Pavement Services, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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