WORKERS PULVERIZE ROAD TO REPAIR IT

Engineers repaired a crumbling road in Truckee, California, by pulverizing the existing asphalt and reapplying it mixed with calcium, alumina, silica, and water. Project engineers estimate that using the Geobase process, instead of rebuilding the road, saved approximately $50,000.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Publication Date: 1998-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 70-71
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Comminution; Cost effectiveness; Highway maintenance; Pavement base course; Pavement maintenance; Recycled materials; Repairing
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760961
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1999 12:00AM