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First Concrete Pavement in Chicago – Front Street – Chicago, IL

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Year Built: 1905
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
Front Street is the earliest known concrete pavement built in Chicago and one of the earliest built in Illinois. The pavement was built in 1905 and lasted more than 60 years before being replaced. Read more...
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First Mile of Concrete Pavement – Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI

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Year Built: 1909
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
The first mile of concrete pavement was placed in Detroit, Michigan on Woodward Avenue. The pavement stretched from Six Mile Road to Seven Mile Road and was built in 1909. The cost at the time was $14,000. Woodward Avenue would later be one of the first street’s to have a painted centerline and electronic traffic signal. Read more...
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Oldest Still in Service Pavement in Iowa – Eddyville Cemetery Road, Eddyville, IA

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Year Built: 1909
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
Eddyville Cemetery Road was built in 1909 in Eddyville, Iowa. The pavement was built because residents were upset with the deep sand during dry periods. It is the oldest farm to market road in Iowa. The pavement is still in service today. Read more...
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First Concrete Runway – Ford Field – Dearborn, MI

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Year Built: 1928-1929
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
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 similar manner to highways in that many of them featured Read more...
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East Third & Oak Streets Delevan, IL

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Year Built: 1914
Pavement Type: Jointed Reinforced
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 believe the steel to have Read more...
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Coplay Cement Plant

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Year Built: 1871
Pavement Type: Other
Although this is not a pavement, without Portland Cement, a concrete pavement we cannot construct. Pennsylvania is our Nation’s Birthplace of the Portland Cement Industry. In 1871, David O. Saylor applies for patent for the cement manufacturing process. The Coplay Company facility still exists as a historic site in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Read more...
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Dollarway – Old Rt 365, Jefferson County, AK

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Year Built: 1913-1914
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
This concrete pavement was built by Jefferson County Road Improvement District No. 4 near Redfield Arkansas between 1913 and 1914. At the time, Arkansas did not have a state highway commission and instead left the task of building and maintaining good roads to farmers and residents in local districts. It was called the Dollorway because it was proposed to cost Read more...

First Airport Whitetopping – Storm Lake Airport, IA

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Year Built: 1971
Pavement Type: Unbonded Overlay
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 paving once the opening strength of 4,000 psi was achieved. Read more...
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Pittsburg Test Road – Second Test Road in U.S.

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Year Built: 1921
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
The Pittsburg Test Road was sponsored by Columbia Steel Company. The test loops were built off of the roadway between Pittsburg and Antioch, California. The purpose of the test was to determine the benefits of using reinforcing steel in concrete pavements. This was the second known test road site in the U.S. It included thirteen test sections to look at Read more...
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Mountain Ave

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Year Built: 1917-1922
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
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 Read more...