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    Recycled Asphalt Concrete Pavement (RACP) in Bridge Embankment

    Thanks, dad. I was thinking the same thing as far as creep goes. Just judging by how easily the RACP material breaks down under dozer tracks, I kind of figured over time something similar would happen with the weight of the roadway putting pressure on the fill. Like I said, ODOT does not...
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    Recycled Asphalt Concrete Pavement (RACP) in Bridge Embankment

    I am an entry level Civil Engineer EIT working as an inspector on a bridge. I am overseeing embankment construction and the contractor has hauled in large chunks of ODOT Item 301 Asphalt Base (3 feet in length, 1 foot thick on average) to use as fill material along with glacial till. The Ohio...

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