WHITETOPPING PROJECT UPGRADES HOLIDAY INN PARKING LOT

Whitetopping is a system of overlaying existing blacktop surfaces with concrete, creating a stronger composite material than blacktop alone. Surface preparation for the Holiday Inn project was unique because a previously-hired contractor had already removed some of the asphalt. After evaluating the existing surface, the asphalt was rotomilled down to where 4 in. of concrete could be placed adjacent to the curb and gutter. The crew then laid a grade so they didn't have to remove any more of the base than needed. After placing the concrete, the crew sawed the controlled contraction joints in a 6-ft square pattern. Transverse and longitudinal joints were sawed as soon as possible to relieve initial stresses.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Johnson Hill Press

  1233 Janesville Avenue, P.O. Box 803
  Fort Atkinson, WI  United States  53538-0803
• Authors:
  • Cleaver, L
• Publication Date: 1996-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 28-33
• Serial:
  • Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Cygnus Business Media
  • ISSN: 1098-5875

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Composite materials; Concrete overlays; Contraction joints; Parking lots
• Uncontrolled Terms: Asphalt grading
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725698
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 1996 12:00AM