Title:
MnROAD Jointed Concrete Pavement Test Sections
Author(s):
Tom Burnham and Ryan Rohne
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
33
Issue:
5
Appears on pages(s):
28-33
Keywords:
testing, serviceability, transverse joints, drainability
DOI:
Date:
5/1/2011
Abstract:
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) opened the Minnesota Road Research (MnROAD) facility in Albertville, MN, in 1994. By 2008, interest in examining more current pavement designs led to the reconstruction of some test sections. To extract as much useful information as possible, a comprehensive forensic investigation was conducted during the removal of the original sections. This article presents some of the findings, with particular focus on unusual degradation of transverse joints.