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Final Construction Report: Experimental Thin Bonded Concrete Overlay Pavement in Houston, Texas. Demonstration Project 561
An experimental thin bonded continuous concrete pavement was constructed in Houston, Texas, July-August 1983. It was monitored until 1990. The final evaluations of this TBCO test section in March and December of 1990 seem to confirm what earlier findings reported; the pavement is in very good condition and is expected to continue to provide excellent service for the foreseeable future. After more than seven years of continued heavy traffic of about 140,000 vehicles per day, the overall condition and appearance seem identical to any other typical CRCP of the same age in the Houston area, made from the same material and subjected to the same traffic load. The overall useful life expectancy of this TBCO test section is judged to be about 15 to 20 years from the date of construction in 1983. After that length of time, increasing transverse and longitudinal pavement cracking will combine to form blocks and punchouts of varying sizes, leading eventually to the need for extensive repairs and maintenance.
Final Construction Report: Experimental Thin Bonded Concrete Overlay Pavement in Houston, Texas. Demonstration Project 561
An experimental thin bonded continuous concrete pavement was constructed in Houston, Texas, July-August 1983. It was monitored until 1990. The final evaluations of this TBCO test section in March and December of 1990 seem to confirm what earlier findings reported; the pavement is in very good condition and is expected to continue to provide excellent service for the foreseeable future. After more than seven years of continued heavy traffic of about 140,000 vehicles per day, the overall condition and appearance seem identical to any other typical CRCP of the same age in the Houston area, made from the same material and subjected to the same traffic load. The overall useful life expectancy of this TBCO test section is judged to be about 15 to 20 years from the date of construction in 1983. After that length of time, increasing transverse and longitudinal pavement cracking will combine to form blocks and punchouts of varying sizes, leading eventually to the need for extensive repairs and maintenance.
Final Construction Report: Experimental Thin Bonded Concrete Overlay Pavement in Houston, Texas. Demonstration Project 561
K. W. Alkier (author) / W. V. Ward (author)
1991
25 pages
Report
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English