Pavement Evaluation of the Concrete Tie-bars and Dowel Baskets on Irvin Cobb Drive, US 60, McCracken County, KY

A 1500 Mhz. ground coupled, ground penetrating radar antenna was used to identify both the horizontal alignment and the vertical displacement of the concrete tie-bars and the transverse joint dowel bar assembles on a Portland-Cement-Concrete-Pavement (PCCP) on US 60 in McCracken County, Kentucky. Approximately 5 lanes miles of PCCP were evaluated using the 1500 Mhz. ground coupled antenna. Results indicate that only one transverse dowel basket out of an approximate total of 1,760 were within 4.17 inches of the pavement surface. Seven transverse dowel baskets were misaligned four inches or greater from the location of the sawed joint. These areas represent 0.45 percent of the total transverse joints on the project. The ground penetrating radar results also indicated there were no areas along the longitudinal joint where the tie-bars were either too close to the pavement surface or missing.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.2013.24
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rister, Brad W
  • Creech, Jamie
  • Whelan, Joe
  • Taylor, Tim
• Publication Date: 2013-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Dowels (Fasteners); Evaluation; Ground penetrating radar; Portland cement concrete; Tie bars; Transverse joints
• Geographic Terms: Mccracken County (Kentucky)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements; I32: Concrete; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516302
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-13-24/FRT2013-06-11-1F
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM