PERFORMANCE OF MICHIGAN'S POSTWAR CONCRETE PAVEMENT; FINAL REPORT

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

• Supplemental Notes:
  • R-711, 141 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan Department of State Highways

  State Highways Building, PO Drawer K
  Lansing, MI  United States  48904
• Authors:
  • Oehler, L T
  • Holbrook, L F
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregate gradation; Average daily traffic; Concrete; Concrete pavements; Cracking; Defects; Durability; Infiltration; Longitudinal cracking; Mudjacking; Pavement distress; Pavement performance; Pavements; Roughness; Soil particles; Spalling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aggregate particles; Concrete cracking
• Old TRIS Terms: Aging
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207236
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 3 1971 12:00AM