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Vol. 1, No. 4 |
Dedicated to encouraging
greater usage of high quality, cost effective asphalt pavements
containing recycled tire rubber. |
July, 1997 |
RPA Tours the Heartland
(left
to right) RPA Directors Larry Gilliland, Recycled Rubber
Resources, Macon, MO; Mark Belshe, FNF Construction, Tempe, AZ
; RPA President Jeffrey R. Smith, PolyTek Southwest, Phoenix,
AZ; Executive Director Donna Carlson, Tempe, AZ; and Director
Sidney Cox, Cox Paving Company, Texas.
Tennessee DOT Officials to
Tour
Arizona Asphalt-Rubber Projects
Tennessee's Highway Commissioner
J. Bruce Saltsman; Director of Operations Dennis Cook and Assistant
Director Gary Head will tour a number of Arizona Department of
Transportation Asphalt-Rubber projects on July 27 and 28. Larry
Bonine, ADOT Director, said the tour is being arranged in cooperation
with RPA, which conducted a one day seminar for TDOT in March.
The Tennessee delegation will also visit northern Arizona to
view a 7 1 /2 year old A-R project on the I-40 which was an alternative
to reconstruction of the severely distressed concrete pavement.
The project consisted of cracking and seating the existing pavement,
application of a 3" AC leveling course, a 2" A-R Hot
Mix and a 1/2" A-R friction course. This design strategy
saved the state millions over the estimated reconstruction of
the pavement. A detailed report on this project will be appearing
in a future issue of this newsletter.
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