Road camber actually is the slope that is arranged in crosswise direction in highways. We can make distinction of a three types of road cambers: sloped camber, parabolic camber and composite camber. The camber is very functional and useful for discharging the rain water from road surface of the highway. Therefore, the middle portion of every highway is upraised relating to the edges. It is called as crown. See and learn more about this from the video presentation bellow.

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