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Title:

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE. III-COVERING FOR POORLY CONSTRUCTED AND DISINTEGRATING CONCRETE ROADS

Accession Number:

00218609

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

IN GENERAL THE DEMAND FOR A NEW SURFACE IS NOT BECAUSE THE SUSTAINING POWER OF THE OLD SLAB IS INSUFFICIENT, BUT BECAUSE THE OLD SURFACE IS SO ROUGH AS TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE OVER. ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS TO SOLVE IN A RESURFACING JOB IS TO FILL LOW PLACES SO AS TO PRODUCE A UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION TRUE TO PROFILE BEFORE THE NEW SURFACE IS PUT ON. BITUMINOUS TYPES MAY BE USED WITH SUCCESS IF THE BASE IS PROPERLY EVENED UP BEFORE THE TOP IS APPLIED. OHIO HAS RESURFACED WITH 4" AND 5" CONCRETE SLABS WITH SATISFACTION. INDIANA IS JUST STARTING AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT NEAR INDIANAPOLIS, WHERE SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURFACES ARE BEING TRIED.

Supplemental Notes:

Vol 6, pp 347-355, 1 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01488025

Authors:

Donaghey, J T

Editors:

Upham, Charles M
Steinberg, S S

Publication Date:

1927

Serial:

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Volume: 6
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 2 1971 12:00AM

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