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Cold In-place Recycling (CIR)

Survey Summary

Sheet 2

1. State 5. If the answer is "YES"for Question 4
5.a. Is CIR specified on a routine basis (a standard specification) in your State? 5.b. Is CIR used on free ways? How frequently? 5.c. Is CIR used on major collectors? How frequently 5.d. Is CIR used on local roads and streets? How frequently 5.e. Do you have mix design procedure for CIR?
1 Alabama          
2 Arizona specifications are contained in the special provisions for each cold recycle project (stored spec) - not currently in our standard specs no - mainly used on two-lane highways w/ adt of 4000 vpd or less;1 or 2 projects/year No No No
3 Arkansas          
4 Colorado It is a Standard Specification and is used occasionally. Yes, very rarely Yes, very rarely Yes, occasionally Yes
5 Connecticut special provisions, per project specifications No No Rural town roads (five projects per year) Yes
6 Delaware Special Provision No, Mostly Lower Volume Roads No Yes, about 2 projects per year we rely on the contractor to submit a design that will achieve the strength
7 Florida          
8 Hawaii          
9 Idaho NO NO YES, PROJECT DEPENDENT NO NO
10 Illinois          
11 Iowa YES YES, we have successfully used CIR on two low volume freeway rehab projects in the last four years NO, traffic control is a problem on high volume two-lane routes. YES, regularly by the Counties. YES and improvements are being researched at this time.
12 Kentucky          
13 Kansas Yes A few projects yearly must have sufficient thickness of new HMA as a cover. Yes - A few projects yearly A few projects yearly Yes
14 Louisiana        
15 Maine No, Special Provision - 5 projects so far. Not Yet. Yes - several times. No Require contractor to provide design.
16 Maryland          
17 *Maryland - Frederick County* Yes, Frederick County does Collector, residential - annually as part of asset management. Yes, annually Yes, annually Yes
18 Massachusetts          
19 Mississippi          
20 Missouri          
21 Montana No No Two recent Projects No Yes
22 Nebraska Yes, By Special Provision No Yes, 30% Yes, 10% Yes
23 Nevada Yes We us CIR routinely on state and low volume roadways. We are now trying a project on an Interstate for the 2005 construction season. Yes. One project year Yes. About five project per year. Yes but not a formal written procedure. However we do not perform a CIR mix design for our projects. We have performed past research that has shown by project selection standard emulsion rates are acceptable.
24 New Hampshire Yes - Roughly 10 project in the past ten years. One project on a low volume section of Interstate. No No No
25 New Jersey          
26 New Mexico Yes since 1985 Yes, Depends the condition of the pavement and what projects are being developed at that particular time. Yes, Depends the condition of the pavement and what projects are being developed at that particular time. Unknown - we only do it on State owned facilities Yes
27 New York It is routinely used, and we have one specification that is used state wide but it is not a "standard specification" as NYSDOT defines the term. No, we have a traffic limit of 8000 AADT with 10% trucks or approximately 5 million 20-year ESALs. Yes, if it meets the traffic limits given above, but rarely maybe once every year or two. Yes, very frequently. Some years NYSDOT has over 40 CIR projects, Localities in New York have even more projects following our specification. No, but we are working on one with our industry, trying to tie emulsion content to stability. Our greatest problem with a set mix design, so far, is that emulsion content is also tied to mix workability and compaction in the field.
28 North Carolina No No No No No
29 Ohio No No No EXPERIMENTALLY No
30 Oklahoma          
31 Ontario Yes No Yes, one contract per year Yes, but not by us No
32 Pennsylvania Yes No Yes - Limited (Must be less than 15000 ADT & 200 ESALs) Yes - Most often Yes
33 South Carolina          
34 South Dakota Yes, See Section 370 of our Standard Specifications which can be accessed @ http://www.sddot.com/Operations/Specifications/specbook_div2_04.htm We have not done any CIR projects on the Interstate system Yes, We generally do @ 20-30 miles per year in 2 to 3 projects No No
35 Tennesee          
36 Texas          
37 Vermont Not recently. No Less than once per year Not my jurisdiction Contractor supplied
38 Virginia          
39 Washington CIR is performed by special provision in Eastern Washington. No No No No
40 West Virginia          
41 Wisconsin No No No No No
42 Wyoming          
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