U. S. ROADBUILDERS GET CLOSER LOOK AT SULFUR-EXTENDED ASPHALT

The paper reports that the Illinois Department of Transportation completed an experimental road project to give roadbuilders possibility to evaluate whether sulfur/asphalt mix is a low-cost, possibly superior material to asphaltic pavement. Standard asphaltic pavement was overlaid with 20,000 tons of sulfur-extended bituminous concrete pavement.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 37
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 203
  • Issue Number: 17
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Asphalt additives; Asphalt concrete; Bituminous materials; Bituminous mixtures; Construction; Costs; Extenders; Road construction; Road materials; Roads; Sulfur; Sulfur asphalt; Sulfur compounds
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous; Road and streets
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311185
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM