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During the construction of I-64 near Charlottesville, Virginia, the Ballenger Paving Company chose to set up a limited experiment to investigate various factors affecting the consolidation of concrete by vibration. The test design varied the speed of the paver and used vibrations at several frequencies. Speeds of 3, 4, 25, 5.5, 11, 12, and 14 feet
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Pavement information consisting of type of pavement, date of construction, methods used in construction, and types and sources of materials have been recorded in Virginia since the 1930's. Because there has been no effective system for filing the information and no one has been assigned the overall responsibility for supervising the collection, sto
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Traffic markings that retain high reflective properties under adverse lighting and weather conditions are clearly of utmost importance in traffic safety. It was the intent of this study to investigate optimum traffic striping procedures and materials by evaluating such variables as: (1) Certain characteristics of glass beads, namely their gradation
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During the 1970 construction season, the Basic Construction Company of Newport News, laid a 9-inch bituminous concrete base course in a single lift directly on an unimproved subgrade on a section of Route 31 just southwest of Williamsburg, as specified by the Virginia Department of Highways. This construction technique, which had been used in many
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A passenger car mounted PCA roadmeter has been correlated with the BPR roughometer used for road roughness testing in Virginia for many years. The results showed a good correlation and that the roadmeter is capable of excellent reproducibility. Roadmeter (Rm) and roughometer (R) roughness are related by the equation R=1.14Rm+25. A temperature corre
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The status of studies of the three continuously reinforced pavement projects near Charlottesville is reported. Of particular interest in these studies are the effects of the elimination of transverse reinforcing steel, the changing characteristics of shrinkage cracking with age, and the end movements of anchor sections. While the studies are somewh
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An analytic survey was made of the highway signing and sign-maintenance inventory systems in each of the districts of the Virginia Department of Highways. Of particular concern in reviewing the procedures was the format of the inventory forms, the applications of inventory information, the time and effort required to maintain the inventory, the ref
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This study examined the agencies that review the environmental impact statements (EIS) prepared on highway projects and was an attempt to shed light on the functions, personnel, and problems of the offices that saw the statements. The report covered all major federal and state agencies to which the EIS draft was distributed. The report has three pa
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Presented are the results of a field evaluation of the various types of the General Tire Transflex joint known to be in use in Virginia. An effort was made, whenever possible, to qualitatively evaluate the joints with respect to their (1) watertightness, (2) ability to reject debris, (3) stability and noise producing characteristics under traffic i
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For pavement design purposes, the Virginia Department of Highways uses the AASHO method of determining the 18-kip equivalent single axle load (EWL-18). The evaluation of the EWL-18 is based on on-location truck axle weight studies that usually are carried on for one day only. This method is expensive and time consuming. Because of the expense and t
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This laboratory investigation was instituted to determine the feasibility of increasing the design mixing temperature for hot-mix asphaltic concrete. Based on data obtained from modified thin film oven tests, it appears that the upper design limit could be increased to 300°F without appreciably affecting the durability of the asphalts studied. The
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The purpose of the study was to determine whether infrared technology could be used in Virginia to delineate areas with soils having a high moisture content. The study was conducted in cooperation with the FHWA, and personnel of the University of Michigan were engaged as consultants for the remote sensing flights. Located in Augusta County, Virgini
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The need for controlling construction induced sediment to keep it from entering the nation's waterways is generally accepted. Efficient means and methods for sediment control, however, are not simple, and in some cases have not been developed to a high degree. A look at the overall picture of sediment control shows two distinct approaches: (1) Cont
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Three materials that offered the potential of minimizing reflection cracks were installed. Two of the materials were high tensile strength fabrics and the third was an emulsified rubber compound. The applications were made over a badly cracked bituminous pavement just north of Charlottesville.
The purpose of this survey was to aid the writer in understanding and retaining material in preparation for a project on the industrialization of bridge construction. However, it was believed that the results of the survey would be informative to other persons interested in industrialized bridge construction.
The design method for secondary roads is based on AASHO Road Test Results and Virginia's design experience. It is divided into two parts. (1) the evaluation of the soil support value of the subgrade, the thickness equivalencies of the paving materials, and the traffic in terms of vehicles per day; and (2) design considerations such as the determina
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An investigation was initiated in the spring of 1972 to develop surface mixes with high skid resistance for use at special locations. The porous friction course will hopefully provide high skid coefficients where water drainage and hydroplaning may be problems. The porous friction course has sufficient voids and channels to allow water to drain to
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