Likely depends on traffic volume, budget, etc. I see it done several different ways in our area based on primary, secondary, that sort of thing...
How long does asphalt take to dry after road repaving?
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And also the thickness. Usually highway and city street concrete is 10-12 inches and a residential driveway can be as little as 4 inches.
They tarred and chip sealed our county roads a few months ago and the places where the chip stuff wasn't put down, tar is still seeping out because of this hot weather and getting all over our vehicles. You can see bubbles of it sitting on the road and can hear them pop as cars drive by. My 2014 Mustang GT which is my nicest vehicle, is covered with it. I tried getting most of it off but inside my wheel wells are covered with it and it's made of some stuff that is almost like fabric. It's definitely not metal so I will probably never get it off.
They finished the other lane today. When I got home around 4:00p the newly paved lane (northbound) was still wet, you could wet oil sheen on the surface, yet both lanes were open to traffic. I just went outside to look at it (9:00p), both lanes are jet black but dry to the touch and they already have the yellow stripes put down.
Evidently this is some fast drying stuff with a lot of aggregate and little tar. They laid down about 1-1/2" over top of the old stuff, but I noticed they did grind the old asphalt down in a few places, sort of a spot treatment, presumably for the really bad parts.
The section in front of my house was is pretty good condition. A mile up the road, the was a couple mile stretch resembling a minefield. It definitely needed it.
Evidently this is some fast drying stuff with a lot of aggregate and little tar. They laid down about 1-1/2" over top of the old stuff, but I noticed they did grind the old asphalt down in a few places, sort of a spot treatment, presumably for the really bad parts.
The section in front of my house was is pretty good condition. A mile up the road, the was a couple mile stretch resembling a minefield. It definitely needed it.
Just last night my road commissioner "oil n' chipped" a gravel section with a replaced culvert.(train tanker)
He oiled it..... and left the road open all night and rocked in the morning! I drove through that early in the morning before the gravel was laid.
*** man, use a road closed sign.
He oiled it..... and left the road open all night and rocked in the morning! I drove through that early in the morning before the gravel was laid.
*** man, use a road closed sign.
I'll trade you a few really nice potholes for tar stains.
I can dodge potholes. As a teenager, my uncle recruited me (for a very low wage) to remove tar stains on his '84 Century after his drive on I-70/I-15 from Denver to Vegas where they were repaving roads in places. It was so bad he consulted a lawyer to sue the state/contractor, but realized the cost vs what he would get would be a wash. Took me two whole days and has me fearing wet asphalt for life.
I have seen ducks paddling around in potholes during a rainstorm.
