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First Concrete Pavement in Iowa – First Street, Le Mars, IA

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Year Built: 1904
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
The first concrete pavement in Iowa was First Street or Eagle Street placed in Le Mars in 1904. The decision to pave the street was made to eliminate the dust and mud associated with the existing dirt roads. The 6.5 inch street was built in two lifts with the bottom 5 inches having less cement than the top lift. To prevent horses 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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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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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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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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Cutoff Road and Main Street

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Year Built: 1914
Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
Cutoff Road and Main Street is a member of the 100 Year Club as it was paved in 1914. The project is 1.37 miles long and lies east of Columbus Junction and provides a cutoff from Highway 92 to 214th Ave. The project was built by convict labor at a cost of $9,950 per mile. This pavement is still in Read more...
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Bates Road Test – Old US 54, New Berlin, IL

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Pavement Type: Plain Jointed
The Bates Road Test was constructed in 1920 with over 63 test sections (32 PCC). Additional thickened edge sections were built in 1922. Liberty trucks with dual 5-inch solid rubber tires on rear axle were used. The Associated Press reported in 1926 that highway officials estimated that the pavement tests saved the state $9 million in construction costs. Thickness design procedures 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...