The world's oldest concrete road is Court Avenue in the state of Ohio, USA, which has been in service since 1891. This concrete road has continued to serve for 133 years.

Australia is one of the early adopters of concrete road technology. The Victoria Parade, built in Melbourne in 1928, is recognized as Australia's first concrete road project.

In Germany, the first concrete road was constructed in 1888 in the city of Wroclaw, which is now within the borders of Poland. Therefore, it can be said that concrete roads have been successfully used worldwide for over 100 years.

The first concrete road in Turkey was constructed in 1953 in Sinop, serving a facility with heavy traffic loads such as the NATO Radar Base. Despite being over 80 years old, this concrete road continues to function without interruption and without the need for maintenance or repair.

Similarly, the first concrete roads built in Trabzon in 1958 and Adana in 1959 stood out for their high durability and low maintenance costs, paving the way for Turkey's concrete road network, which now spans over 21,000 kilometers.

Well-designed and properly constructed concrete roads typically have a lifespan of 30 to 50 years. This duration can vary depending on factors such as construction quality, appropriate design, environmental conditions, and the intended use.

Increasing construction on the Earth reduces glaciers, soil cover and trees with high albedo values, while increasing dark structures with low albedo values. This causes the sunlight coming to the Earth to be absorbed by dark structures with low albedo, causing temperature increases and urban heat island formation.

Concrete roads have 3 times higher albedo values ​​compared to asphalt roads. This allows them to reflect a significant portion of the sunlight coming to them back to the atmosphere. Therefore, concrete roads help reduce environmental temperatures by reflecting more sunlight, slow down the warming of the Earth and play an important role in combating global climate change by minimizing the urban heat island effect.

Due to their rigid pavement structure, concrete roads act like a beam, distributing the loads applied to them over a wider area before transferring them to the underlying layers. As a result, concrete roads are known to have a significantly higher load-bearing capacity compared to alternatives. This makes concrete roads the ideal solution for areas with high heavy vehicle traffic, such as ports, industrial zones, and heavily trafficked roads.

Roller-Compacted Concrete (RCC) pavement is a type of rigid pavement constructed by mixing aggregate with the appropriate proportions of water and cement in a concrete plant. The mixture is then laid using pavers and compacted with rollers to create a durable and stable surface.

Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) is utilized in military bases, industrial areas, storage facilities, ports, and roads. RCC offers many technical and economic advantages compared to alternative paving methods.

Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) has a zero slump value due to its low water content. Compared to traditional concrete mixes, RCC has approximately 40% less water, resulting in a water-cement ratio as low as 0.30. This contributes to a significant increase in 28-day compressive strengths, up to 70-80%, even with the same cement dosage.

RCC stands out for several advantages, including the absence of reinforcement, rapid construction, quick traffic opening, no need for additional surface treatments, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, its open surface color provides environmental benefits by enhancing traffic safety in rural areas and reducing electricity consumption for lighting.

RCC has nearly four times fewer voids compared to traditional concrete mixes. A properly designed and correctly constructed RCC mixture contains approximately 1.5% by volume of voids. Additionally, unlike traditional concrete, the voids in RCC are isolated from each other.

As a result, RCC has a much lower void ratio and the voids are independent of each other, leading to significantly higher freeze-thaw resistance compared to alternatives.

RCC pavements are particularly suitable for cold climates and regions with high seasonal temperature fluctuations and significant temperature differences between day and night.

The compaction ratio achieved is one of the most critical factors influencing the durability performance of RCC pavements. In regions with cold climates and significant day-night temperature fluctuations, achieving high freeze-thaw resistance in RCC requires compaction rates up to 98%. Therefore, the high compaction achieved with high-density pavers maximizes the pavement's resistance to environmental effects throughout its long service life.

Additionally, high-density pavers reduce the need for subsequent compaction and eliminate undulations that can diminish driving comfort. In traditional (normal) density pavers, free material often tends to be displaced after placement, especially at the edges of the slab. However, high-density pavers, with their pressing beams providing high compaction, construct the edges of the pavement almost as if forming a mold, resulting in vertical, well-formed edges.

In the United States, which has been using RCC technology for nearly 100 years, 95% of RCC pavements constructed since 2016-2017 have been built with high-density pavers. High-density RCC pavements are commonly used in ports, military bases, and industrial areas where heavy loads are transported, as well as on highways where high levels of comfort are desired.