Fiber: FORTA-FI®

Description A two-mile segment of the two-lane, rural Canada Larga Road in Ventura County, CA was in bad shape after 30 years of use with no major rehabilitation. When it came time to lay new pavement, a 2” rubberized asphalt overlay reinforced with FORTA-FI® was chosen for one mile and a 2” rubberized overlay with […]

Description The City of Casa Grande repaved a portion of their city streets, both arterial and secondary, during the summer of 2013. The 2” mill and overlay was originally specified with a stress-absorbing membrane interlayer (SAMI) for reflective crack mitigation. Project specifiers suggested that the city use FORTA-FI® fiber reinforcement within the asphalt in place […]

Project Description This fiber reinforced asphalt was produced using a unique “table-top” mixing operation. A windrow of aggregate is laid out, FORTA-FI® is distributed evenly along the windrow, and then oil is injected and mixed in place to create a cold mix. This resulting cold mix was stockpiled and later used as a 2” overlay at […]

Project Description FORTAfied® asphalt was used in multiple different pavement sections in a pavement rehab near the entrance of the ASU West campus at 47th and Thunderbird. A 1.5” FRAC overlay was used over existing badly cracked and raveling pavement at the inbound side of the entrance. After more than three years of service, the […]

Project Description Scorching summertime temperatures and extremely cold winters, asphalt pavements are a constant battle to resist thermal cracking. When the County Transportation Department selected 13 miles of Riverview Road for rehabilitation, engineers needed to include additional reinforcement in the 2” asphalt overlay to address the reflection of existing cracks. FORTA-FI® was selected as a […]

Project Description An existing roundabout and access roads had extensive fatigue cracking due to heavy warehouse truck traffic. FORTA-FI® was used for a 2” inlay to extend design life and reduce fatigue cracking. It was also used in a new 8” thick line approaching the roundabout to increase design life and reduce maintenance costs. The […]

Project Description The City of Greeley chose FORTA-FI to reinforce their 22nd Street overlay project. The FORTA Voyager fiber feeder was used to seamlessly introduce FORTA-FI into the plant mixing process, requiring just one operator and zero changes to the plant’s equipment. The use of the Voyager allowed the operator to easily program the fiber […]

Project Description A four mile stretch of SR 220 was broken into three sections. The southbound lane received a micro surfacing treatment and the northbound lane was divided into two – two mile sections. Each two mile section received a 1” thin lay using PG76-22 with one of the sections incorporating FORTA-FI®. Update Penn State […]

Project Description The city of Morgantown, WV incorporated a trial section containing FORTA-FI® in both lanes on Dorsey Avenue. The project also contains a control section with no fiber in order to accurately compare the success of the overlay with fiber. Dorsey Avenue has high truck traffi c and the goal of the project is […]