Fiber: FORTA-FI®

Description WYDOT had planned a 5” mill and fill along five miles of I-80 between Laramie and Cheyenne. In the Eastbound travel lane an existing longitudinal crack ran the length of the project. FORTA-FI® was added to the lower 2.5” lift of asphalt base course to slow the propagation of this crack to the surface. […]

Description After milling the pavement edges, a 2” FRAC overlay was placed on badly deteriorated 5th Street in downtown Casper. To address the need to control reflective cracking, FORTA-FI® reinforcement was chosen by the city in place of their standard 6 oz paving fabric for ease of installation and to avoid future problems with recycling. […]

Description Thurston County specified a 3” WMA section in two 1.5” lifts, both reinforced with FORTA-FI®. In the past, the use of conventional asphalt typically resulted in significant top-down fatigue cracking due to the intense car and truck traffic. The County’s objective in utilizing FORTA-FI® was to add strength and durability to their pavements and […]

Description Thurston County specified a single lift 3” HMA section reinforced with FORTA-FI®. In the past, conventional asphalt typically resulted in the development of fatigue cracking due to high traffic volumes along this stretch of road. The fibers add strength and durability to the pavement and typically increase the design life by at least 50%. […]

Description The original design called for inclusion of a paving fabric to help delay reflective cracking. In the end though, an alternate FORTA-FI® design was used as it offers reinforcement throughout the full depth of the asphalt and better facilitates recycling of the road in the future. The ability to reduce construction time and avoid […]

Description Rehabilitation of the existing badly cracked road involved placement of a 1.5” thick FORTA-FI® reinforced HMA overlay. The City of Bremerton understood that conventional asphalt would last only 3 to 4 years before the existing cracks reflective through and a tight budget prevented them from carrying out more extensive treatment work. In the end […]

Description This project included the rehabilitation of approximately 12 miles of US191 using a 1.5” FORTA-FI® reinforced overlay. During the design process, Utah Department of Transportation engineers had actually determined that a thicker overlay would be required due to an increasing amount of heavy truck traffic in the area. Roadway width limitations made this impossible, […]

Description Northbound Sandy Parkway at the intersection with 90th Street was chosen as a good location for Sandy City’s first trial of FORTA-FI® reinforced asphalt. This segment experiences a very high level of traffic as well as increased distress from braking and turning vehicles. After a 2” mill, a 2.5” FORTA-FI® reinforced overlay was placed […]

Description When it came time to rehabilitate a heavily cracked section of S 2700W, West Jordan chose FORTA-FI® to reinforce the 2.5” polymer-modified PG64-28 HMA overlay. With high tensile strength fibers homogenously distributed throughout the asphalt mix, the new pavement will be less susceptible to reflective, fatigue, and environmental cracking, reducing the City’s future maintenance […]

Description The City of Lufkin agreed to conduct a trial using FORTA-FI® included within the asphalt overlay. The project, located on Spence Street, opens up to both East Texas Asphalt’s plant and a large shipping warehouse; wear and tear on the road is therefore significant. The FORTA-FI® sections were placed for the first two hundred […]