Fiber: FORTA-FI®

Project Description FORTA-FI was chosen to repair the pavement at a Love’s Truck Stop in Tennessee. The parking lot and gas pumping areas were in need of several full depth patches throughout the property utilizing a coarser surface type mixture. This project used 190 tons of FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt from the wearing to the base […]

Project Description The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TNDOT) chose to use FORTA-FI in a control vs fiber project on Highway 75, from I26 exit ramp to Taco Bell, in Washington County, TN. In this 4-lane road, that runs up to 6 lanes in some areas, TNDOT used 1100 tons of FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt in the far-right […]

Project Description The City of Tacoma has approved a new permeable roadway designed with traffic safety improvements for reducing speeds and enhancing bicycle and pedestrian experiences. This project also includes green infrastructure bioswales and public and private utilities to be replaced within East 40th Street from McKinley Avenue to Portland Avenue. The permeable pavement was […]

Project Description In an effort to maximize taxpayer dollars, the city of Colorado Springs chose to test 5,300 tons FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt in a fiber vs. control project aimed at reducing transverse and fatigue cracking. Located at the upper base of the Cheyenne Mountain, the roads in this overlay project experience severe thermal cracking due […]

Project Description Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) chose to use FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt in their overlay project on State Highway 133 in Cedaredge, CO. This was CDOT’s first use of fibers to address the reflective cracking they were seeing due to thermal loading and traffic impact. On State Highway 133 there is a lot of […]