LONGITUDINAL CRACKING IN A CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE OVERLAY IN CONNECTICUT

The cause of longitudinal cracking that developed in the middle lane of a three-lane continuously reinforced concrete pavement was investigated. Soil borings were removed for frost-susceptibility determination. Rebound deflections were taken to ascertain amount of relative resistance to deflection offered by different base courses underlying the CRCP. Pavement cores were also removed through the longitudinal joint sawed between the middle and outer lanes, which were placed simultaneously. The latter proved beyond a doubt that insufficient depth of longitudinal cut was the primary cause for the random longitudinal cracking. /Author/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, P.O. Drawer A
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109
• Authors:
  • Bowers, D G
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Deflection; Frost susceptibility; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement cracking; Pavements; Pouring; Rebound; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement deflection; Resistance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172049
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• ISBN: 4
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-77-S0657 Intrm Rpt., FCP 45D2-242
• Contract Numbers: CTHPR Study No. 395
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM