Description VDOT placed three different mixes on various subdivision streets throughout Chester, VA. The roads all have similar traffic loads, with similar fatigue and alligator cracking issues, and run parallel to each other. Two of the roads were used as a control and the third was paved using FORTA-FI®. The first road used a 9 mm […]
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Description 400 tons of HMA was placed on Airport Road, the entrance to the Venango Regional Airport from Pittsburgh Road in Franklin, PA.FORTA-FI® was introduced through one pound bags at the batch plant and used in both the leveling and wearing courses. Update After 7 years, Airport Road is still in great condition. The road […]
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Description West Central Avenue and West Spring Street in Titusville, PA., consisted of an asphalt overlay on an old brick pavement base. The durability of previous overlays did not meet expected pavement life. Removing or replacing the brick was not an option due to the cost. Placing a thicker pavement section was also not possible […]
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Description A $ 7.7 million construction project for the Tarentum Bridge began in 2012 with “The main driver of the project being the condition of the existing pavement and to restore ride quality” according to PennDOT spokesman Jim Stuzzi. In August 2013 the 1,776 foot bridge was resurfaced using a 1/2” FJ scratch course and […]
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Description PennDOT District 2-0 chose a one mile stretch of SR 4014 as a test section for FORTA-FI®. Grannas Brothers produced a PG64-22 WMA using FORTA-FI® warm mix fibers and the 9.5mm wearing course was placed as a 1 1/2” overlay in Clearfield County on a 0.3 to < 3 million ESAL road. A control […]
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Description The Borough of Grove City, PA completed a side-by-side trial project (control vs. fiber) on Spring Street. The entire road was first milled and then filled. Half of the street had FORTA-FI® in the 1” wearing course and the other side was used as a control. Over the next several months/years, both sides of […]
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Description The Borough of Grove City, PA completed a side-by-side trial project (control vs. fiber) on Lincoln Avenue from E. Washington Street to Overhill Drive. The road was first milled and then filled. Half of the street had FORTA-FI® in the 1” wearing course and the other side contained no fiber. This section of Lincoln […]
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Description The Borough of Grove City, PA completed a side-by-side trial project (control vs. fiber) on Lincoln Avenue from Forest Drive to E. Washington Street. The road was first milled and then filled. One half of the street was reinforced with FORTA-FI® in the 2” binder and the 1” wearing course while the other side […]
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Description SR208 is a heavily traveled road in an Amish community that withstands not only cars, but also a large amount of horse and buggy traffic. A good portion of the road is also asphalt over brick. PennDOT 11-0 elected to mill up the road and place FORTAfied® asphalt to defer the reflective cracking and […]
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Description SR45 travels right through downtown Lewisburg, adjacent to Bucknell University. High residential and heavy truck traffic have taken their toll on this road causing massive amounts of rutting and shifting. In one of his final projects as ADE of Construction for PennDOT District 3-0, Dan King spearheaded this trial. SR45 was divided into two […]
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