Pavement Explained

Pavement or paving may refer to:

Surfacing

Road surface, the durable surfacing of roads and walkways
Sidewalk, a walkway along the side of a road, called a pavement in British English
Asphalt concrete, a common form of road surface
Cool pavement, pavement that delivers higher solar reflectance than conventional dark pavement
Crazy paving, a means of hard-surfacing used outdoors
Nicolson pavement, a road surface material consisting of wooden blocks
Pavers (flooring), an outdoor floor done in blocks
Permeable paving, made of either a porous material that enables stormwater to flow through it or nonporous blocks spaced so that water can flow between the gaps
Portuguese pavement, the traditional paving used in most pedestrian areas in Portugal
Resin-bound paving, a mixture of aggregate stones and resin used to pave footpaths, driveways, etc.
Tactile paving, textured ground surface indicators found at roadsides (such as at curb cuts), by and on stairs, and on railway station platforms, to assist pedestrians who are vision impaired
Whitetopping, the covering of an existing asphalt pavement with a layer of Portland cement concrete

Desert pavement, a desert ground surface covered with closely packed rock fragments of pebble and cobble size
Glacial striation or glacial pavement, a rock surface scoured and polished by glacial action
Limestone pavement, a naturally occurring landform that resembles an artificial pavement
Tessellated pavement, a rare sedimentary rock formation that occurs on some ocean shores

Pavement (York), a street in York, England
Finsbury Pavement, a street in London, England
High Pavement, a street in Nottingham, England
Low Pavement, a street in Nottingham, England; see 10, Low Pavement and 24-26, Low Pavement

Pavement (band), an indie rock band from Stockton, California, US
Pavement (magazine), a youth culture magazine
"Pavement" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), an episode of the American animated TV series Space Ghost Coast to Coast