RIGID PAVEMENT DESIGN. CONTRACTION JOINT SPACING

A study was made of the effect on riding quality of variation in contraction joint spacing and in skew angle of joints to the centerline on a section of Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County (West Florida). Nine sections, each one half mile in length, were constructed in 1967, and included sections with standard 20-foot spacing, with two types of irregular spacing, with perpendicular transverse joints, and with a skew of approximately 2 feet in 12 feet. The study extended over a period of seven and one half years from completion of construction in June 1967.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Florida State Dept. of Transportation, Tallahassee.
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Office of Materials and Research, P.O. Box 1029
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32602

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Stelzenmuller, W B
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Construction joints; Contraction joints; Design; Expansion joints; Joints; Pavement design; Portland cement; Riding qualities; Rigid pavements; Skewed structures; Spacing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Joint spacing; Skew angle
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Old TRIS Terms: Control joints
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094406
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RR-190 Final Rpt., FHWA/RD-75-0394
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 21 1977 12:00AM