I could feel the heat coming off it when I stood next to the repaved section. They didn’t repave the parking area at the edge. Opened to traffic again, seems firm enough to drive on at 160⁰F.
I could feel the heat coming off it when I stood next to the repaved section. They didn’t repave the parking area at the edge. Opened to traffic again, seems firm enough to drive on at 160⁰F.
Hmm, that’s interesting. Don’t you guys generally use concrete for paving in the US? In building construction, you’re supposed to give concrete like a month to fully harden, even though it already looks firm after a day or so.
For paving, they’re likely using a hardening accelerator, so the timelines wouldn’t be the same, but if building construction is anything to go by, it seems like you’d want to give it as much time as possible, not send cars on there while it’s still hot. 🥴
Generally? I don’t think so. I think concrete gets used in heavy intersections, super busy streets, and some parts of highways/freeways, but not for all the branching streets. Smaller/less used roads and residential are generally pavement/asphalt. Though some HOAs like to use concrete for the longer expected lifespan and then don’t budget for repairs so it turns to crap after a while. That said, I’m not a professional, I just live here. Not in an HOA, thankfully, but near one with terrible concrete roads.
Its uncommon to see concrete roads in the US but there are a few of them around. That being said it could be more common in some states than others.