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Clinton County, Iowa Investing Infrastructure Dollars into VRAM

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About this project: A VRAM project took place on Z40, also known as 400th Avenue, in Clinton County, Iowa on October 3rd. This was a 21,679-foot project with a 2,609-foot control section. The project covered the stretch from 140th Street to the city of Miles. The control section runs from...
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IDOT Investing in VRAM to Save Infrastructure Dollars

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About This Project: A project utilizing VRAM took place on IL-49 in Vermillion County, Illinois on September 27th. This was a 14.5-mile, two-lane project. It began on the southern end at US-150 west of Fithian, ending at US-136 on the northern end. IDOT designated VRAM for the application to the...
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Sustainability and Profit

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Excerpt of October 2022 Article Featured in Asphalt Pavement Magazine Volume 27 | Number 5 BY BENJAMIN F. BOWERS, PE “The three tenants of sustainability are people (social), planet (environmental concerns), and the oft-forgotten profit. As a graduate student, I lounged one evening on my porch after a day of...
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See How Illinois Utilizes VRAM in Cass & Sangamon Counties

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About this project: A Void Reducing Asphalt Membrane, (VRAM), project took place on July 20th and 21st in Cass & Sangamon Counties in the state of Illinois. This project had 4.8 miles of overlay, and ADA improvements on IL-125 from 0.1 miles west of the Sangamon County line to Richland...
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How Ohio Enhanced Its Performance of the Longitudinal Joint

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The longitudinal joint is the first part of the pavement to fail. As a road’s most permeable part, this joint is susceptible to the elements, such as air and water that work down through this gap, causing the joint to deteriorate, crack and pothole. When the longitudinal joint fails, the...
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Minnesota Investing Infrastructure Dollars in VRAM

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About this project: A Void Reducing Asphalt Membrane, (VRAM), project took place on August 3rd & 8th in Hennepin County, Minnesota. This was a Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) project. On both August 3rd and the 8th, a Void Reducing Asphalt Membrane, (VRAM), project took place on Trunk Highway 55....
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