WIDENING AND RESURFACING HIGHWAYS WITH CONCRETE

THIS PAPER COVERS A REVIEW OF OVER 100 MILES OF CONCRETE RESURFACING WORK DONE IN IOWA DURING THE PERIOD 1931 THROUGH 1954 WITH A CONDITION REPORT ON SOME OF THE OLDEST PROJECTS. IT INCLUDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SLAB SECTION AND THE REINFORCING STEEL OF BOTH THE ORIGINAL PAVEMENT AND THE RESURFACING ON SOME FORTY-FIVE PROJECTS. IT SUGGESTS THAT THE PRESENT CONDITION AND THE SERVICE RECORDS OF THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER WITH THE PERFORMANCE UNDER HEAVY TRAFFIC OF THOSE AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS OLD INDICATE THE PRACTICALITY OF CONCRETE RESURFACING FOR MODERNIZING OLD PAVEMENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/34/34-033.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 34, pp 434-438, 5 FIG, 1 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Johnson, J W
  • Bester, W G
• Publication Date: 1955

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 11-14, 1955
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 34
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Condition surveys; Pavement widening; Resurfacing
• Old TRIS Terms: Widening pavement
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215416
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 5 1972 12:00AM