THIN OVERLAYS COMPETE ON COST WITH MICROSURFACING

State departments of transportation in Michigan and Illinois have learned the value of thin hot mix asphalt overlays. The thin overlays are competing with microsurfacing and chip seals on both cost and durability. The typical overlay is .75 inches thick and can extend pavement life 6 to 8 years. This article describes how the thin overlays have been used in state pavement rehabilitation programs. Surface Maintenance at the Right Time (SMART), a rehabilitation program started in the mid-1980s by the Illinois Department of Transportation, is highlighted.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Road & Transportation Builders Association

  ARTBA Building, 1219 28th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20007-3389
• Authors:
  • Brown, D C
• Publication Date: 1995-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 48-50
• Serial:
  • Transportation Builder
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Road & Transportation Builders Association
  • ISSN: 1043-4054

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver rehabilitation; Hot mix asphalt; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Service life; State departments of transportation; Thinness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
• Geographic Terms: Illinois; Michigan
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement life
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714648
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 24 1995 12:00AM