Performance of Recycled Asphalt Pavement in Gravel Roads

As more Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) becomes available to use in roadways, The Wyoming T2/LTAP Center and two Wyoming Counties investigated the use of RAP in gravel roads. The Wyoming DOT and the Mountain-Plains Consortium funded this study. The investigation explored the use of RAP as a means of dust suppression on gravel roads while considering road serviceability. Several test sections were constructed in two Wyoming Counties and were monitored for dust loss using the Colorado State University Dustometer. Surface distress evaluations of the test sections were performed following a technique developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Special Report 92-26: Unsurfaced Road Maintenance Management. The data collected were summarized and statistically analyzed. The performance of RAP sections was compared with the performance of gravel control sections. This comparison allowed for fundamental conclusions and recommendations to be made for RAP and its ability for dust abatement. It was found that RAP-incorporated gravel roads can reduce dust loss without adversely affecting the road’s serviceability. Other counties and agencies can expand on this research to add another tool to their toolbox for dust control on gravel roads.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=666
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Wyoming, Laramie

  Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
  1000 East University Avenue
  Laramie, WY  United States  82071

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Office of University Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Koch, Scott
  • Ksaibati, Khaled
• Publication Date: 2010-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 285p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Dust control; Gravel roads; Low volume roads; Pavement design; Pavement distress; Pavement performance; Recycled materials; Serviceability
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01325030
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 10-226A
• Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 2011 10:20AM