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In Rumble Strips , Safety

Rural Roadway Departure Accidents – An Alarming Trend that Needs Reversed

Reducing fatalities on rural roads remains a major challenge in the United States. In 2016, 18,590 lives were lost on rural roads-more than half of all traffic deaths-even though only 19 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas. Two-thirds of these rural fatalities involved a roadway departure, where...
In Case Studies , Pave the Way

Steuben County Indiana invests in VRAM to Help Construct Longer-lasting, Safer Roads

The longitudinal joint is the Achilles’ heel of every road. Road managers know the first part of the pavement to fail is the longitudinal joint. As the road’s most permeable part, this joint is susceptible to the elements. Air and water work down through this unavoidable seam in the pavement...
In Case Studies , Pave the Way

Calumet County Wisconsin Helping to Create Longer Lasting, Safer Roads

Many states are looking for methods to improve longitudinal joint performance of their pavements, since these joints often fail before the rest of the surface. With the inherently lower density at the longitudinal joints we often see pavements fail by cracking, raveling, and potholing. Lower density is synonymous with higher...
In Pave the Way , Rumble Strips

Innovate at Centerline Rumble Strips

Here, the J-Band is applied on the centerline joint prior to the next pass of HMA. Check out the Here’s How it Works feature of Asphalt Materials’ J-Band® void reducing asphalt membrane on theasphaltpro.com to see how it works.   Many people have spent the past year working from home,...
In Events

A Materials Approach to Improving Asphalt Pavement Longitudinal Joint Performance

James Trepanier, Illinois Department of TransportationJohn Senger, Illinois Department of TransportationTodd Thomas, Asphalt Materials, Inc.Marvin Exline, Asphalt Materials, Inc. https://vimeo.com/497318812/8d291ef4d2 After performing for 12 years, the IDOT test pavements were evaluated and found to have longitudinal joints that exhibited significantly better performance than the control joint sections and were in...
In Business

The First Mover Advantage

A few months ago, we posted an article on the benefits of the Second Mover. It’s hard to argue that there are strong advantages to being a second mover. There is great opportunity in adopting something new at the point between its introduction and its industry-wide adoption- after it’s been...