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https://doi.org/10.3141/1755-17

http://scholar.google.com...hrey&publication_year=2001

The New York State Department of Transportation constructed a pilot project using tire shreds as embankment fill. The prototype section, measuring 200 m in length, used approximately 2500 metric tons of tire shreds as the core of the embankment section. The tire-shred zone had a maximum thickness of 3 m, and the tire shreds were covered with 1.5 and 1.0 m of embankment fill on the top and sides, respectively. The entire section was then surcharged with an additional 1.25 to 2.50 m of fill. After 4 months, the surcharge was removed to subgrade elevation, the granular base was placed, and the section was paved. The project was designed in accordance with the guidelines to limit internal heating of tire-shred fills distributed by the Federal Highway Administration. The tire shreds were produced by a hook and shear shredder, placed in the fill with a front-end loader, and compacted with a smooth-drum roller. Instrumentation of the prototype section was monitored both during and after construction. In all, 10 settlement platforms, 15 temperature sensors, 2 groundwater collection systems, and a groundwater observation well were installed and monitored. Settlements were as expected based on previous projects, and temperature measurements showed that there was no internal heating of the tire shreds. A unique incentive program developed jointly by the state's Department of Transportation, Department of Economic Development's Empire State Development Corporation, and Department of Environmental Conservation resulted in 267,000 tires being removed from abandoned stockpiles.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1755, Geology and Properties of Earth Materials 2001.

English

p. 160-167

2001

Transportation Research Record

0309072166

Figures (6) ; Photos (3) ; References (9) ; Tables (1)

Embankments; Fills; Ground settlement; Groundwater; Instrumentation; Monitoring; Pilot studies; Recycled materials; Shredding; Temperature measurement; Test sections; Tires

Internal heating; Shredded tires

New York (State)

Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers

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• DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASE FOR LOUISIANA HIGHWAY BRIDGE-SCOUR DATA
• ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION MODEL FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN: AN ONTARIO EXAMPLE
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• QUALITY ASSESSMENT DURING ROAD FORMATION AND FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION: USE OF FALLING-WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER AND LIGHT DROP WEIGHT
• REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF SITE CHARACTERIZATION TO DIRECT AND CONCLUDE EXPLORATION
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