EVALUATION OF ASPHALT SLURRY FOR BIKEWAYS

For many years the Maryland State Highway Administration has used a double surface treatment on highway shoulders to provide for shoulder stability and an audible and surface texture warning to motorists who leave the traveled way. With the growth of multi-speed bicycle sales and use, these shoulders were found to be unsuitable for sustained bicycle travel. Asphalt slurry seal was applied to a shoulder section over existing double surface treatment and observed for an 18 month period, to evaluate its adequacy as a low cost bikeway surface. Results of this evaluation indicate that this material is suitable as a shoulder overlay with certain limitations. It provided a smooth surface, adequate for sustained bicycle travel. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was prepared in cooperation with DOT, Federal Highway Administration
• Corporate Authors:

  Maryland State Highway Administration

  300 West Preston Street, P.O. Box 717
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21203
• Authors:
  • McHenry, S R
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 42 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Bikeways; Road shoulders; Slurry seals
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00182641
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-MD-R-78-5 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: AW078-203-046
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 3 1978 12:00AM