DUST CONTROL, ROAD MAINTENANCE COSTS, CUT WITH CALCIUM CHLORIDE

In 1986, Steuben County, Indiana, began to use calcium chloride as an alternative to asphalt-based materials for dust control on gravel roads. They have found that calcium chloride is not only less expensive, but outperforms the previously used materials. Savings in grading costs alone total $2,000 or more annually. The stabilizing effects of calcium chloride also become evident when a gravel road is eventually paved. Steuben County found that their 20 year old chip-and-seal roads that were stabilized with calcium chloride were still is good shape, while others were deteriorating. The treatment with a 38% calcium chloride solution at the rate of 0.30 to 0.35 gallon per sq yd is done twice a year. The road surface is loosened prior to application.

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  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 83-84
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium chloride; Cost effectiveness; Dust control; Gravel roads; Performance evaluations; Soil stabilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Application rate
• Old TRIS Terms: Calcium chloride stabilization
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; I35: Miscellaneous Materials; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494575
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM