Narrow Pavement Widening

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Narrow widening projects Kory Keller Allen Keller Company

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Prepared by Kory Keller of Allen Keller Company, this presentation discusses the process and issues involved in widening highway shoulders. Please remember to cite this research if the information you find here is used.

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Narrow widening projects Kory Keller

Allen Keller Company

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Intro

• Ranch Road, and Farm to Market experience.

• Parameters• Constructability• Efficiency• Construction Safety

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Topics

• Safety Slopes

• Flex Base vs. HMAC

• Aggregate Prime

• Widening vs. Rehabilitation

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Safety slopes – the enemy

• Work that is not gainful to the progress of the project.

• Quality Control issues

• Permeates Runoff

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Slopes (cont)

• While safety slopes are an obvious and necessary hazard abatement, the elimination of the hazard is even better.

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How can we avoid the safety slope hazard?

• Avoid the use of multiple layers in pavement design

• Multilayer Example: 6 in flex base, prime, and 2”hmac

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How can we avoid the safety slope hazard (cont)?

• Consider using a single layer, or “monolithic” approach.

• Monolithic example, 6 or 8” of flex base over subgrade, or 4-8’’ of hmac that fills to final surface.

• The need for the safety slope is eliminated.

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Flex base vs. hot mix

• Flex base is considerably cheaper, especially as we move farther away from the hmac plants.

• HMAC is seasonal

• Unsuitable subgrade risk

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Benefits of aggregate prime

• Quick and reliable protective cover

• Finished base under Traffic

• Adheres very well to base course

• Low maintenance under traffic in comparison

• Protects ride quality on finished base

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Benefits of aggregate prime (cont)

• Traffic uses the widened road immediately

• Cheap base slope protection • All season application

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Aggregate prime recommendations

• RC-250 with Grade 5 aggregate

• 0.2-0.23 g/sy

• Grade 5-Grade 6 • dry screened• Non-coated

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Widening vs. Rehabilitation

• Benefit/Cost Ratio

• Labor• Equipment • Project Duration

is comparable between widening and Rehabilitation

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Widening vs. Rehabilitation

• Major components of increase

• Cement

• extra base

• second full width chip seal

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RM 336 Real

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Completed Project RM 783 Gillespie

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Rehabilitation Project US 83 Kerr

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Widening RM 336 –Post Agg. Prime

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Widening RM 336 –Post Agg. Prime

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Widening RM 335 –Before Agg. Prime

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Typical Milling Machine

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Finishing Base RM335 Real