Pavement Project Validates Post-Tensioned Solution
April 24, 2009
By: Concrete Construction Online
According to Moon Won, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor in the department of cvil
and environmental engineering at Texas Tech University and the research supervisor
for the project, this project is a follow up to a test section completed in 1985 by
TxDOT—a 1-mile 6-inch PTCP section on Interstate 35 in West, about 15 miles south
of the location of the current project.
Written by: Jessica Behnham
The concrete pavement project, located on Interstate Highway 35 in Hillsboro, in the
Waco District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), involved the construction
of a 9-inch post-tensioned concrete pavement (PTCP) and a 14-inch conventional continuously
reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) section. Construction on both sections started
in June 2008 and completed in March. WW Weber is serving as the contractor for the
project.
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