PROGRESS REPORT ON TREATMENT OF ICY PAVEMENTS

IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS AMONG CERTAIN NORTHERN STATES TO USE CALCIUM OR SODIUM CHLORIDE FOR TREATMENT OF ICY PAVEMENTS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. THESE MATERIALS ARE USUALLY ADDED TO SAND OR CINDERS AND THE MIXTURE SPREAD UPON THE TRAVELLED SURFACE. THEY SERVE TO LOWER THE FREEZING POINT AND EMBED THE ABRASIVE PARTICLES IN THE ICE, THUS RENDERING THE SURFACE NON-SKID. CONSIDERABLE DIVERSITY OF OPINION, HOWEVER, HAS EXISTED CONCERNING THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER IN WHICH THESE SALTS SHOULD BE USED, WHETHER THEY DAMAGE THE SURFACE OF CONCRETE PAVEMENTS, AND THEIR RELATIVE ABILITY TO MELT ICE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/12/12-021.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 12, Pt1, PP 346-352, 4 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Tiney, B C
  • Downey, P W
• Discussers:
  • Strecker, W
• Publication Date: 1933

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 1-2, 1932. Part I: Reports of Research Committees and Papers
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 12
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium chloride; Concrete pavements; Highway maintenance; Ice; Sand; Slag; Sodium chloride
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218646
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 1 1971 12:00AM