LOOK AT PROCESSED RUBBLE - IT'S A VALUABLE SOURCE OF AGGREGATES

RECYCLING PAVEMENT AND STRUCTURAL CONCRETE RUBBLE FROM OBSOLETE HIGHWAYS, DRIVEWAYS, CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, PIERS, ABUTMENTS, AND CULVERTS IS VERY ECONOMICAL. HOW THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS DEMONSTRATED THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF TRANSFORMING SOLID WASTE INTO A USEFUL BUILDING MATERIAL FOR A HIGHWAY IS DESCRIBED. PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED FOR (1) PROCESSING, (2) RUBBLE PREPARATION, (3) EMBANKMENT PREPARATION, (4) ASPHALT- STABILIZED BASE, (5) SURFACE MIXTURES, AND (6) ECONOMICS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 114, No 9, PP 82-85, 3 FIG, 3 PHOT, 7 REF
• Authors:
  • Marek, C R
  • Gallaway, B M
  • Long, R E
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Roads and Streets
  • Publisher: Donnelley (Reuben H) Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Building materials; Concrete; Economics; Recycling; Rubble; Solid wastes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217894
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 9 1972 12:00AM