March 2012

Smart & Resilient Cities

ROAD TRANSFORMATION: Event parking

March 20, 2012
Georgia Street is a street like no other.  
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: Quality roadwork

March 20, 2012
I-79 in northwestern Pennsylvania is a north-south corridor that links I-90 in Erie to I-70 south of Pittsburgh.The road was beginning to deteriorate until Lindy Paving, headquartered...
Asphalt

ASPHALT RECYCLING: The high life

March 20, 2012
The use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has received significant attention nationally in the last few years.With the increase in raw material prices and for environmental ...
Asphalt

ASPHALT TESTING: Testing in progress

March 20, 2012
At present, the asphalt material specifications for many state and local agencies rely primarily on volumetric properties to ensure good field performance.
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: Everybody’s talking

March 20, 2012
Thanksgiving wish bones had long been dried and yanked apart, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) already had what any agency could hope for—yet it still...

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Asphalt

ASPHALT TESTING: Reaching fourth

March 20, 2012
Recently completed research at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) Pavement Test Track is providing practical and cost-effective solutions to help transportation...
Bridges

FRP BRIDGE DECKS: A green double-leaf

March 20, 2012
The Morrison Bridge, with its minimalist design, turned heads when it was built to cross the Willamette River in Portland, Ore., 54 years ago.
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: Smoothness in the north woods

March 20, 2012
Having the state governor visit your construction site is always an honor. Northeast Asphalt Inc. was doubly honored when the Greenville, Wis., contractor was named a finalist...