GEORGIA BOASTS SMOOTHEST ROADS

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has established a comprehensive system of repairs for portland cement concrete pavements known as concrete pavement restoration--or CPR. CPR uses repair techniques and combinations of techniques to halt pavement deterioration. Some of the techniques are slab jacking, retrofit edge drains, slab replacement, undersealing, and diamond grinding. The number of techniques used depends on the deterioration of the road. This article explains how the GDOT began monitoring roads and incorporating CPR. Knowledge gained since the late 1970s has helped GDOT improve and refine its CPR efforts. The Federal Highway Administration has cited Georgia as the state with the smoothest concrete roads, based upon rideability.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Banasiak, D
• Publication Date: 1996-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 32-34
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Diamond grinding; Diamonds; Durability; Edge drains; Equipment replacement; Grinding; Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Portland cement concrete; Sealing (Technology); Slabs; Smoothness; Undersealing
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement smoothness; Slab replacement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00728752
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 16 1996 12:00AM