HEATING THE STREETS OF HOLLAND MICHIGAN
It is described how heat from the city's power plant is the primary source for heating the liquid in the closed "snowmelt system" in which 60 miles of tubing has been placed under the hot mix asphalt street and the sidewalk. The one-inch plastic tubing was laid 1 1/2 inches below the surface, 6 inches apart. For the heating to work, the moisture from the melted snow needs to flow through the pavement surface down to the snowmelt piping. Details are given of the special mix and cautious paving that was done. The cost of the completed project was $1.1 million. The operating costs were about $20,000.
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Corporate Authors:
National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
5100 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, Maryland United States 20706 -
Authors:
- Busha, R W
- Publication Date: 1989
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 26-27
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Serial:
- HMAT: Hot Mix Asphalt Technology
- Publisher: National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt mixtures; Heating (Structures); Hot mix asphalt; Pavements; Streets
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00486741
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM