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Article: Rehab Process Gives Old Road New Life
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- Equipment Today
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Cygnus Business Media May 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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When the road construction season thaws (ti a ? 'lose, innovative contractors find a way tti complete just title nuire projet' t. Such was the case this past Fall tin a county road in Stmt h Central Illinois.
The 2.5-mile stretch of Christian County Highway 1 was in serious need of reconstruction. The job called tor it tti Iv completely rebuilt about K) miles south of Taylorville. II.. just north of the Montgomery County line.
Cold milling machines brought in by Dunn Co.. Decatur. IF. took tin the role tit a road widener. taking millings I rom the center of a thick hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavement and placing them in a K)-in.-tleeii widening (tenth tin either side tit' the existing pavement. ...