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Automobile Road St.-Petersburg – Murmansk -Russia
St.-Petersburg Region, Russia - August 2011
Project Description:
FORTA-FI® was applied to this road in Northern Russia which is located between St. Petersburg and Murmansk, near the town of "Novaya Ladoga". Annual temperature varies from -40°C to +30°C. The typical problems seen on this roadway were both significant rutting and cracking in the pavement. Initial laboratory testing yielded positive results and this experimental area was selected for a trial to help better understand how FORTA-FI® would work in this environment. The length of road with FORTA-FI® is 1km, and 8m in width. HMA was type "A" (Russian Standard). The contractor was ZAO "VAD", one of the best contractors in Russia, and a Shuttle Buggy was used to assure the best results. The trial area provided additional material for laboratory testing, and showed superior results to their typical asphalt material. Due to their severe winters, and many freeze/thaw cycles in the spring, this road will be reviewed in the spring to correlate the positive laboratory results against their actual field performance.
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PROJECT NAME: Automobile Road St.-Petersburg – Murmansk, 241 km, Russia
LOCATION: St.-Petersburg region, Russia
PROJECT DATE: August 2011
PROJECT OWNER: Federal "Kola" Highway road agency
SPECIFIER: ZAO “VAD”
ASPHALT PRODUCER: OOO “ABZ-VAD”
FORTA-FI TYPE/LENGTH: FORTA-FI®, HMA Blend 50 mm, long 1km, width 8 m
FIBER DOSAGE: 0.5 kg/tonne
ASPHALT TONNAGE: 500 tons
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