Grandpa, tell me bout the good ole days............

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I wondered about that. Every paving job that I see has a DOT inspector with his little testing machine to ensure the right density and ? I don't believe they are allowed to pave unless the inspector is on site.

Also there is always a field engineer on site overseeing a rep/tech from the mandated (contracted) materials testing lab...

 

[turnkey4099]

HAHAHHAA!!!

YES!!! And that's AFTER they ground it down. :laughing:

For those of you that don't know what we're talking about, there's a stretch of concrete highway that somebody must have messed with the level line on the concrete machine or something, because as you drive along, your car starts rocking up and down for about half a mile. Then it stops for a few hundred yards and you start rocking again. It was really bad after it first opened, and they ground it down some, but it continues to this day.

Back around the late 50s, I roda a Greyhouhd west from Chicago, proably on US-2 to Spokane, was. In one of the flyover states, the concret slabs were heaved or something so badly that the bus was running with one side wheels on the paveyment and the other side on the shouldeer, even then it was slow going.

 

[MossRoad]

When Rieth & Riley paved that section, they put a new guy on the concrete paver for a day. They had stout cord stretched between stakes every so many feet that was set to the grade for the paver to follow. Obviously, the cord would sag between the stakes, but the machine had a setting to adjust for the sag. However, the new operator didn't know about it and didn't turn it on, thus, the machine followed the sagging cord for around a mile before the regular operator was back on the machine.
When the DOT saw the dips, they wanted R & R to tear up the whole mile and replace it, but R & R talked them into letting them mill it down to remove most of the unevenness. It helped, but it is still very noticeable, especially in a big truck. I believe that it was milled again a few years back, but it's still like a roller coaster.

It's kinda fun. :laughing: Has a nice rhythm to it. I remember it before they milled it down. I notice it every time we go to the Dunlap area. I could move over into the left lane, but what fun is that? It was fun watching the cars in front of you, too. Reminded me of the Wheels on the Bus song...

The people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down.... :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

There's a section of U.S. 31 northbound from just north of U.S. 12 to I think about Berrien Springs that they did concrete repair in the right northbound lanes about 10 years ago. It's either every joint or every other joint. They cut out a 4' hole across the entire lane, re-pinned and refilled. It's gotta be 5-10 miles long. It is obnoxious how uneven and loud it is now. It's so bad that pretty much everyone moves to the left lane and the right lane is now the passing lane.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My Dad was in the construction business (all phases of it). He told about a job where they poured some pavement in Southern Oklahoma, in the late 30's. They set up barriers, and all went home when it got dark. He said the got to the job next morning, and there was a Model A Ford that had been driven by a drunk, who drove off into the newly paved section just before it had quite set up. He said he drove until the concrete had balled up on the tires so much that the car stalled and quit. He got out, and walked away. He said they had to get jackhammers to get the car out of the mess. He said they patched the ruts, but 50 years later you could still see the marks where it had been repaired.

 

[user.69169]

Inspectors, come to NY, you see inspectors. Bunch of college interns wid clipboards & tablets lucky if dey know North.

Take ride across 17 down by Binghamton, new concrete road in 95. Better, ride I 490 E from downtown Rochester.

 

[Fuddy1952]

As a young kid a good friend said he couldn't understand why they didn't make roads out of rubber and tires concrete.

 

[Jstpssng]

As a young kid a good friend said he couldn't understand why they didn't make roads out of rubber and tires concrete.

I believe there's been some experimenting with mixing ground up used tires in with the asphalt. I'm not sure of the success or if anybody is still doing it, but no doubt some TBN member knows more about it than I do. :thumbsup:

 

[Jim Nelson]

Some 20 or so years ago there was a guy in Fontana,Ca. buying up huge piles of used tires to be used in some new pavement formula but that fell through for some reason. I don't know what happened to all those tires or the scheme to use them in pavement.

 

[MossRoad]

Say goodbye to your car tires...

Salmon have been dying mysteriously on the West Coast for years. Scientists think a chemical in tires may be responsible - CNN