CONCRETE ROAD EXPERIENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1969-1975

This article provides an overview of the use of concrete in road and highway pavements in the U.K. Although concrete for roadway pavements in Britain has been used for more than 100 years, and despite continued improvement in design and specifications, problems still occur and finished pavements today still exhibit undesirable features, particularly in riding quality and surface texture. The major full-scale recent concrete road experiments in the Road Research Laboratory's program are listed in tabular form, showing site by site various design aspects investigated, and these are discussed in detail following a description of the criteria adopted for judging pavement performance.