REJUVENATING HIGHWAY PAVEMENT

THE RESURFACING WITH A FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT IS DESCRIBED OF THE ROY JUNCTION-MUCK CREEK SECTION OF PRIMARY STATE HIGHWAY 5, LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON, ON THE ROUTE TO MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PAVED IN AUGUST 1914 WITH A 16-FOOT-WIDE PORTLAND-CEMENT-CONCRETE PAVEMENT. THIS SECTION, 5.46 MILES IN LENGTH, WAS WIDENED TO 22 FEET IN 1940, USING A 3-INCH-DEPTH ASPHALTIC-CONCRETE- BASE MIXTURE AS A WIDENING MEDIUM AND THE WIDENED ROADWAY WAS RESURFACED WITH AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 2 1/2 INCHES OF ASPHALTIC CONCRETE MATERIAL. A DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF SOIL UNDERLYING THE PAVEMENT IS GIVEN AND THE CONDITION OF THE OLD PAVEMENT BEFORE RESURFACING. FIGURES SHOW TYPICAL SECTIONS BEFORE AND AFTER RESURFACING AND AFTER 14 YEARS OF SERVICE. THE TYPICAL GRADING OF THE BASE, LEVELING AND WEARING SURFACE MIXTURES IS OUTLINED ALONG WITH THE TYPE AND CHARACTER OF THE MINERAL AGGREGATES USED AND THE GRADE AND SOURCE OF ASPHALT CEMENT. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS AND TYPES OF EQUIPMENT USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESURFACING IS GIVEN, ALSO THE LENGTH OF TIME AND THE COST TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT. A TABLE INDICATING THE COST TO MAINTAIN THIS SECTION OF HIGHWAY PER YEAR PER MILE IS PRESENTED, ALSO THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FOR EACH YEAR. SLIDES SHOWING THE CRACK PATTERNS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE 14 YEARS OF THIS PAVEMENT'S LIFE ARE SHOWN WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSE OF EACH TYPE. THE PAPER IS CONCLUDED WITH AN ATTEMPTED EVALUATION OF THIS RESURFACING WORK, POINTING OUT THE WEAKNESSES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AND HOW POSSIBLE CORRECTION CAN AND HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Stackhouse, J L
• Publication Date: 1956

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Bituminous resurfacing
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 123
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt cement; Asphalt concrete; Average daily traffic; Base course (Pavements); Flexible pavements; Maintenance management; Mineral aggregates; Pavement widening; Pavements; Resurfacing; Soils; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218405
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-023 499
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 9 1994 12:00AM