USE OF WASTE MATERIALS IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. FINAL REPORT

This study synthesizes the information on the use of waste materials in highway construction. The information was obtained from a review of published literature supplemented by: recent unpublished reports, presentations of research updates by professionals at different forums, and personal meetings with the experts. In addition, a questionnaire regarding the use of waste materials was prepared and distributed to each of the state highway agencies. A majority of states responded to the questionnaire, giving a summary of current practices in the use of waste materials in highway construction and their experiences on the technical, environmental, and economic aspects of the various applications of the materials. The report briefly gives the state-of-the-practice in the use of the waste materials in highway construction in the United States and discusses the applications of selected waste materials, including: waste tires, waste glass, reclaimed paving materials, slags and ashes, building rubble, sewage sludge, and incinerator residue. An evaluation based on the technical, environmental, and economic factors indicated that reclaimed paving materials, coal fly ash, blast furnace slag, bottom ash, boiler slag, steel slag and rubber tires have significant potential to replace conventional materials for various applications in highway construction, and should be projected for future construction. Specific applications of the waste products and the potential problems associated with their usage in highway operations, which must be addressed prior to their extensive use, are included in the report.

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  100 N Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ahmed, I
• Publication Date: 1991-5-21

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 123 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Data collection; Economics; Environmental impacts; Fly ash; Glass; Guides to the literature; Literature reviews; Problem identification; Questionnaires; Recycled materials; Road construction; Rubble; Slag; Sludge (Deposit); State departments of transportation; State of the art studies; Surveys; Technology; Tires; Wastes
• Old TRIS Terms: Ashes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00611018
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JHRP-91/3
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1991 12:00AM