USE OF ASPHALT RUBBER ON LOW-COST, LOW-VOLUME STREETS

With the rapid growth of Phoenix, islands of nonpaved streets causing dust and bottlenecks developed. Property owners adjacent to these low-volume streets were not willing to pay for the cost of construction. Alternate pavement designs were developed that use asphalt rubber on a variety of bases. Asphalt rubber at a rate of 0.50 gal/sq yd (2.3 cu dm/sq m) and then crushed stone chip are applied directly on native soil, soil cement, crushed aggregate, soil cement-asphaltic concrete, old asphaltic concrete, or old portland cement concrete. Asphalt rubber has given the pavement increased serviceability over the variable types of bases. This type of construction has thus far provided as many as 8 maintenance-free years; the existing surfaces would otherwise have required major reconstruction. The asphalt rubber has given the low-cost, low-volume streets an added pavement life that is still being measured.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of a work shop held June 16-19, 1975, in Boise, Idaho by the Transportation Research Board.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Schnormeier, Russell H
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 180-185
• Monograph Title: Low-volume roads: proceedings of a workshop held June 16-19, 1975, in Boise, Idaho
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 160
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Low volume roads; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Rubber; Service life
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement life; Pavement serviceability ratings
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142704
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 1 1977 12:00AM