The proof of this is in the crawlerway which is curved just prior to reaching Pad A and straight just prior to reaching Pad B. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Shuttle News: July 2005 Archives] Reference
With the crawlerway in the foreground, Discovery sits on pad 39A early 3/3/2010. From Wordnik.com. [Gallery: Midnight Shuttle Rollout | Universe Today] Reference
And the VAB and the crawler and the crawlerway and the mobile launcher and the Michoud Assembly facility and the barge, etc., etc. From Wordnik.com. [Orion Slims Down - NASA Watch] Reference
Water bubbled from a sinkhole next to a road that runs parallel to the crawlerway on which shuttles roll out to the launch pads. From Wordnik.com. [TCPalm Stories] Reference
We were as close as you can get to the launch, without being in one of the rescue armored personnel carriers parked a little further up the crawlerway. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Cradle] Reference
Florida, the 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket, secured to a mobile launcher platform, prepares to climb the five percent grade of the crawlerway to the top of the pad. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Once stood down from STS-400 requirements, Endeavour will be rolled off Pad 39B, transported down the crawlerway to the fork that splits off to Pad 39A, before being rolled up on to the vacated pad. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
Just past the crawlers, we saw several as-yet-unstacked sections of the launch gantry being assesmbled for the new Ares rocket, then we were on a road running parallel to the crawlerway, out toward the launch pads. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Cradle] Reference
Just when the NASA engineers thought they were winning, a few days later a report comes out saying the old Apollo era crawlerway would not be able to support the weight of a fully laden Ares rocket (cue more budget over-stretching). From Wordnik.com. [Universe Today] Reference
This plan is based on rolling back Atlantis to the VAB in less than two weeks time, before rolling Endeavour off Pad 39B, to the fork in the crawlerway, then forward to Pad 39A for what will be a November 14 - or there about - launch date. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
The green features at the Propellants North Facility will include high-efficiency walls, a roof constructed of recycled metal covered with a rainwater harvesting system to supply restroom fixtures, air conditioning with energy recovery technology, and landscaping that will use native species and recycled crushed crawlerway rock for mulch. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
Reflections along the crawlerway. From Wordnik.com. [Shuttle Endeavour Rolled to Pad; Countdown to the Final Five Begins | Universe Today] Reference
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