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  • First Concrete Runway – Ford Field – Dearborn, MI

    Year Built: 1928-1929

    With the development of the airplane in the early 20th century, airfields and runways were quickly needed. The first concrete runway was placed in Dearborn, Michigan at Ford Field in 1928. The runways were originally grass when the airfield opened in 1924. The early concrete runways were built in a read more

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  • First Airport Whitetopping – Storm Lake Airport, IA

    Year Built: 1971

    In 1971, the first concrete overlay of an existing asphalt runway was built. The project was performed at Storm Lake Airport in Buena Vista County, Iowa. The project consisted of 20,000 square yards of 5 inch concrete being placed on the existing asphalt. The project was opened 7 days after read more

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  • Mountain Ave

    Year Built: 1917-1922

    Mountain Avenue paved 1917-1922 City of Fort Collins built 8.53 miles from 1916-1927 all over town 5.69 miles still in service

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  • Central Ave., Urbana between Park and University

    Year Built: August 21, 1919

    Excerpted from Notice of Public Hearing, Central Ave. Improvement No. 2, March 1, 1919 ————————————- ESTIMATE Urbana, Illinois, March 1, 1919. To the Board of Local Improvements of the City of Urbana. Illinois, : Gentlemen: . . I (10 hereby certify that the estimate of the cost of the local improvement of Central Avenue from read more

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  • East Third & Oak Streets Delevan, IL

    Year Built: 1914

    The section consist of several blocks of concrete remaining from the original 22 blocks of concrete pavement construction in the City of Delevan, IL in 1914. Located on East Third street, the longest section ranges from 32-feet wide to 42-feet wide back to back of curb and is steel reinforced with a long panel design.  We read more

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  • First and Oldest Concrete Pavements in U.S. – Main Street and Court Avenue, City Square in Bellefontaine, OH

    Year Built: 1891 and 1893

    The first concrete pavement constructed in the U.S. was Main Street, built next to Logan County Courthouse in Bellefontaine, Ohio. George W. Bartholomew who founded the Buckeye Portland Cement Company, built the section in 1891 after advocating for it for a few years. He had to post a $5,000 bond for a five year guarantee. After read more

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  • AASHO Road Test – Ottawa, IL

    Year Built: 1958

    The AASHO Road Test was one of the most ambitious test sections ever built and analyzed.  Six test loops were built in Ottawa, Illinois between 1956 and 1958 and the test was performed from 1958 to 1960. The test was designed to analyze the various structural responses of different pavement designs exposed to highway loadings read more

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