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Title:

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: A Case Study for Rapid Response to Blowups and Concrete Joint Investigation
Cover of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: A Case Study for Rapid Response to Blowups and Concrete Joint Investigation

Accession Number:

01627641

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Lake Shore Drive (LSD) is a major thoroughfare on the western bank of Lake Michigan that connects the City of Chicago to the northern and southern suburbs. The roadway in composed of jointed plain concrete pavement with epoxy coated dowel bar reinforcement in the transverse joints. With its impressive views and large average daily traffic (ADT), this particular stretch of pavement is a very important and visible component of the City’s traffic system. Extreme weather exposure combined with an aging pavement system led to multiple pavement failures, specifically blowups that snarled traffic and posed a significant logistical challenge to the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT). S.T.A.T.E. Testing, LLC, as part of CDOT’s Independent Testing team, was tasked with working with the city’s engineering and maintenance group to formulate and oversee a repair procedure that would eliminate further distresses, and restore long-term ride quality and structural stability while meeting the City’s significant logistical constraints for traffic closures. In addition, it was determined that, within the limits of each night’s closures, S.T.A.T.E. Testing, LLC should take advantage of the closures by performing as much MIT-Scan 2 testing as possible to evaluate the condition of the remaining joints. This data will be useful in helping determine future exposure to potential blowouts and in developing revised specifications that can increase the overall quality of concrete pavement joints in future construction. Conclusions about the effectiveness of the chosen repair methods and existing joint construction specifications are made.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHD20 Standing Committee on Pavement Maintenance.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-06425

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Pitlik, Joe
Kilroy, Sarah
Williams, Cynthia

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References

Geographic Terms:

Chicago (Illinois)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-06425

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 12:37PM