According to this article produced by the Asphalt Alliance, asphalt has many benefits including its role in intersections. A new publication put out by the same organization titled High-Performance Intersections (which can be viewed here) lays out new helpful guidelines for pavement designers. These designers deal with many challenges in the asphalt process such as the difficulties of dealing with high volume places like intersections and other high-stress pavements.

“All engineers know that heavy, slow-moving traffic found at intersections, toll booths and other such locations can expose pavements to the highest stress levels possible,” explained Wayne Jones of the Asphalt Institute, one of the authors of the document. “But a well-designed, well-constructed pavement at these locations can deliver the same outstanding performance as all other asphalt pavements.”

High-Performance Intersections lays out a four-point strategy to ensure high performance at high-volume asphalt locations. To illustrate the principles, the publication chronicles two head-to-head competitions between asphalt and concrete intersections. Through much testing over the past 10 years this report finds “the strongest intersection” that has needed little to no maintenance. This intersection is in Illinois and is composed of a steel slag mixture that has held up the test of time and weight.

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