FIELD STUDY OF COST AND PERFORMANCE OF A COMPOSITE PAVEMENT ON U. S. 14 BYPASS

THE OBJECTIVES WERE: (1) A PLACEMENT COST ANALYSIS, AND (2) DETERMINATION OF THE SEASONAL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PRECAST PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PANELS OVERLAID WITH A BITUMINOUS WEARING SURFACE. THIS SUTDY IS BEING CONDUCTED ON A TEST STRIP OF HIGHWAY 900 FT. LONG LOCATED ON THE U. S. HIGHWAY 14 BYPASS NEAR BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA. FINDINGS TO DATE INDICATE THAT THE RESENT DAY COST OF TYPE PAVING IS ABOUT $15.00 PER SQUARE YARD. DATA OBTAINED FROM SEASONAL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION TESTS SHOW THAT REFLECTION CRACKS IN THE BITUMINOUS MAT OPEN AND CLOSE WITHOUT SHOWING SIGNS OF PAVEMENT DISTRESS. THESE DATA HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT THE RIDING QUALITY OF THIS PAVEMENT HAS NOT DIMINSHED SINCE THE OPEINING OF THE U. S. HIGHWAY 14 BYPASS IN THE FALL OF U968. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  South Dakota State University, Brookings

  Brookings, SD  United States  57006

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  South Dakota Department of Transportation

  700 East Broadway Avenue
  Pierre, SD  United States  57501
• Authors:
  • Larson, L J
• Publication Date: 1972-12-31

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bituminous overlays; Composite pavements; Contraction; Expansion; Precast concrete; Prestressed concrete; Reflection cracking; Riding qualities; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206447
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Study No 639 (67)
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 12 1972 12:00AM