Fast Track and Fast Track II Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Two lanes of a major four lane arterial street needed to be reconstructed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The traffic volumes and difficulty of detouring the traffic necessitated closure for construction be held to an absolute minimum. Closure of the intersections, even for one day, was not politically feasible. Therefore, Fast Track and Fast Track II was specified for the project. Fast Track concrete paving has been used successfully in Iowa since 1986. The mainline portion of the project was specified to be Fast Track and achieved the opening strength of 400 psi in less than twelve hours. The intersections were allowed to be closed between 6 PM and 6 AM. This could occur twice - once to remove the old pavement and place the base and temporary surface and the second time to pave and cure the new concrete. The contractor was able to meet these restrictions. The Fast Track II used in the intersections achieved the opening strength of 350 psi in six to seven hours. Two test sections were selected in the mainline Fast Track and two intersections were chosen to test the Fast Tract II. Both flexural and compression specimens were tested. Pulse velocity tests were conducted on the pavement and test specimens. Maturity curves were developed through monitoring of the temperatures. Correlations were performed between the maturity and pulse velocity and the flexural strengths. The project was successful in establishing the feasibility of construction at night, with no disruption of traffic in the daytime, using fast Track II. Both the Fast Track II pavements were performing well four years after construction.

• Record URL:
  http://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/17343
• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  Highway Division, 800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Grove, Jim
  • Jones, Kevin
  • 0000-0002-7960-0978
  • Bharil, Kumari
• Publication Date: 1993-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Concrete pavements; Intersections; Night; Paving; Reconstruction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fast track concrete
• Geographic Terms: Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; I32: Concrete; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01580502
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Research Project HR-544, FHWA Special Project 201
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 11 2015 12:11PM