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Concrete
Pavements & Parking Lots
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Concrete Pavements Have
Concrete Advantages:
- Much longer service life
- Lower annual costs
- Lower maintenance costs
- Clean bright appearance
- Brighter night lighting
for security
- Excellence skid resistance
- South Pittsburg, Tennessee
90 year old concrete streets
Murray Street - Newnan,
Georgia
- Opened in 1935 - 63
years old
- Constructed by WPA crews
- Excellent condition,
light traffic
- No maintenance in 63
years
Talmadge Drive - SR 17
- Habersham County
- Opened in 1942 - 56 years
old
- 1997 Traffic - 1700 to
3800 vpd
- No maintenance required,
except associated with culvert settlement
I-285 in DeKalb County
- Opened in 1969
- 10 inches PCC pavement
- 18" crushed stone
base
- No dowels
- 1997 traffic - 187,000
to 203,000 vpd
- To date it has carried
more than 20 times its original design loading
- Maintenance has included
routine joint resealing and a diamond grinding to smooth the pavement prior
to lane additions in the 1980s
- No other maintenance
has been required on this project
For more information on
concrete pavements, contact the Southeast Chapter, American Concrete Pavement
Association at their Website:
www.pavement.com