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Fewer Workzones

You and your family are counting on safe roadways. 

Safety is the number one concern of the public.  And for good reason, too.  With more than 43,000 fatalities on U.S. Highways each year—and with about 13,000 of those directly attributable to road conditions—it’s time to drive down these unacceptable figures.

Using concrete provides the desirable friction and skid resistance properties of roadways. 

In addition to providing better friction and skid resistance, concrete pavements offer other safety, cost, and environmental benefits:

• Non-rutting surface that doesn’t trap water
• Excellent surface drainage
• Better light reflectance
• Fewer repairs … and fewer work zones over life of pavement
• Comparable initial cost to asphalt
• Lower ownership cost than asphalt

Wisconsin Department of Transportation developed surface friction models for its pavement systems.

Note that concrete pavements provide more friction for skid resistance than other pavements not only just after construction, but also over their entire life. The data are for urban pavements with 50,000 vehicles per day in the traffic lane.

 

 

 

 

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