Alameda Project Exceeds Expectations

This article describes the Alameda Corridor, a 26-mile super-cargo highway that connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the Intermodal Railway Yard in downtown Los Angeles. This section of highway accommodates 50 to 75% heavy trucks. The authors describe the three potential asphalt problems that were addressed in this project: rutting, fatigue cracking, and low temperature cracking. Superpave mix was chosen for a portion of the project because of its performance characteristics. Project design engineers specified 20 inches of Superpave mix of four inches of aggregate for the Superpave section (which comprised two-thirds of the project; Caltrans 3/4-inch mix was used on the other third). The authors describe the construction issues, compaction, the use of night work for paving operations, maintenance considerations, and performance in the first 5 years of the project. The authors conclude that the Superpave portion is performing well, with no rutting or deformation.

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• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Misajet, Ed
  • Davis, John
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 10-13
• Serial:
  • Asphalt
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Asphalt Institute
  • ISSN: 0004-4954

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Fatigue (Mechanics); Heavy vehicles; Highway engineering; Road construction; Rutting; Superpave
• Identifier Terms: Alameda Corridor; California Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Long Beach (California); Los Angeles (California)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01002336
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 2005 1:13PM