John Hennessy III,
P.E.
For over 25 years, ADOT has been using rubberized asphalt on the Arizona highway system. In addition to providing smoother and quieter rides for drivers, rubberized asphalt lasts longer and costs less. Another bonus is that ADOT has recycled more than 15 million tires over the years.Take a look at how it’s done.
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Arizona DOT’s Science of Transportation series takes you into a Phoenix materials lab to show you the process of sieve analysis: taking ground samples from future sites of structures or roadways and figuring out just what ADOT will be building on.
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Arizona DOT breaks it down by the numbers: the cost, time, dirt excavated and scheduled closures that go into creating a new climbing lane (for slower traffic going uphill) near Camp Verde, AZ.
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ADOT uses their Mobile Incident Command Vehicle equipped with infrared cameras, as well as on-site engineers, to analyze a Phoenix bridge for signs of damage after a major fire in the vicinity.
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The Prince Road project in Tucson is now in its final phase. To help get there, ADOT recently set 22-120 foot long girders over the Union Pacific Railroad. The challenge – lifting these 113-ton girders into place without affecting the 40-60 trains that go through that area each day.
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“Ultimately, if you’re behind a plow, you’re going to get from point A to point B,” says snowplow driver Justen Williams.
The biggest challenge ADOT snowplow drivers face while plowing is other vehicles. If you find yourself near an active plow, the safest place for you to be is at least 50 feet behind it. Let the plow clear the road ahead before you drive on it.
– ArizonaDOT on YouTube
Many parts of Arizona were hit by unseasonably heavy rains on Monday, September 9, 2013. The city of Phoenix was no exception.
View this complete post...The US 70 Gila River Bridge near Bylas, Arizona is the state’s fourth longest bridge, measuring 1,829 feet in length. ADOT has replaced the original bridge, built in 1957, with a new bridge. The $12.7 million project features wider travel lanes, emergency shoulders and a pedestrian walkway. – ArizonaDOT on YouTube
View this complete post...Prestressed box girder: a beam made from concrete and steel; prestressed within its elastic limit to counteract stresses that occur under the bridge’s load. Girder size depends on the unique design of a bridge. These girders are 96 feet long and weight 93,000 pounds.
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