The supports for the elevated road had cracks in them and were twisted in strange angles.

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And all that attention to detail has included building elevated road crossings for the endangered dormice who live on the course, and tunnels under the holes to the River Usk to protect the native toad population.

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Stray dogs prowl the dusty streets, and a slender oil pipeline snakes alongside each major road, elevated on stilts, waist high, like an endless bannister.

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He climbed behind the wheel and backed up to the crater and worked the lever that elevated the flatbed to spill tarmacadam onto the road.

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