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bilized earth and gravity walls are probably the most used——particular for roadwork where deep cuts or hillside road locations require retaining walls to hold the earth in place. These walls eliminate the need for using natural slopes and result in savings in both rightofway costs and fill requirements. Cantilever walls of reinforced concrete are still fairly mon in urban areas because they are less susceptible to vandalism and often do not require select backfill, typically they pete well in costs where the wall is short (20 to 50m in length) and not very high (say, under 4m). they are also widely used for basement walls and the like in buildings. The mechanically reinforced earth wall of uses the principle of placing reinforcing into the backfill using devices such as metal strips and rods, geotextile strips and sheets and grids, or wire grids. There is little conceptual difference in reinforcing soil or concrete masses——reinforcement carries the tension stresses developed by the applied loads for either material. Bond stresses resist rebar pullout in concrete。Retaining wall Retaining walls