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FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded WMA
SR 4016 runs through downtown Erie, PA. District 1-0 selected a section of roadway between Glenwood Park Avenue and Old French Road as a test section for FORTA-FI.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) organized their first pilot project using FORTA-FI in State Route 3036. One section of the road was paved with 150 tons of FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt, while another section of the road was paved using a conventional 1.5” PG64-22 mix.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
After 10 years, this high-volume roadway looks great with minimal cracking. The fiber side of the road held up noticeably better than the control side,
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
The objective was to compare the performance of a FORTA-FI reinforced mix with a traditional mix, without fiber. The road was milled 1-1/2” and a 1-1/2” wearing course was placed, one side reinforced with a FORTA-FI mix and one side with traditional asphalt, without fiber.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
A test section using fibers was incorporated into a stretch of 1-81 in Lackawanna County. Two separate two-inch sections of pavement were milled off and replaced with PG76- 22, one section with FORTA-FI and one without fiber.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
A small test section of FORTAfied asphalt was placed in one lane of a severely rutted road. The other lane was paved without fiber, used as a control section, and then both lanes were covered with tar and chip.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
The use of FORTA-FI synthetic fiber reinforcement saved the project a significant amount of money (estimated $140,000 total savings in AC material alone) while also providing an extension of pavement life.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
A side by side trial comparing FORTA-FI to a traditional asphalt mixture showed clear results.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
FORTA-FI helped to extend the life of a busy state highway by reducing reflective and alligator cracking.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
A side by side trial in Pine Township, PA comparing FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt to a traditional mix design.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
District 12 in Mount Holly, NC was in need of an overlay for a busy street that succumbed to reflective and alligator cracking.
FORTA-FI® - SMA
Help to extend the service life of the Autobahn A9 highway with FORTA-FI by increasing the durability of the SMA mix that tends to ravel quickly.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
Love’s Travel Stop, a newly constructed rest stop, used FORTA-FI to reinforce a large parking lot that could perform well under heavy truck traffic.
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Wee Burn Country Club, located in Darien, Connecticut, used FORTA-FI in combination with a porous asphalt pavement in their new 1-acre parking lot.
FORTA-FI® - Dense Graded HMA
The Gainesville Airport’s runway taxi-lane was in need of serious reconstruction using FORTA-FI as the trusted reinforcement method.
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