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I think in many cases they simply put a layer of asphalt over the top of the old cobbles - I've seen a few photos of heavily-worn roads where the cobbles are showing through, and seen a few real-life incidences of this too. Often they just put a layer of asphalt over the whole street when trolleys/street running by RR were/was stopped rather than going through the laborious process of cutting out all the old rails - result being that when the street's in need of resurfacing we amateur industrial archeologists get a great view of the old tracks!
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