Originally Posted by oledoc2u
they aren't adding glass in Indiana...just stone...if there is glass in there, the workers threw in a coke bottle....I'd like to keep my tires....not rip they to shreads...can you imagine the hot days like you had, tar starts to get soft, glass doesn't....no, not for me...drainage, freezing and thawing kills roads...and if no base, weight will take it's toll...better we invent hovercraft, than this idea....but I could see portions of the road with inserts like these...giving warnings and such...
Doc, I suspect that if you have any city with a recycling system, they are producing tumbled glass aggragate for roads. Both asphalt and concrete. Stuff seems to make Blacktop less slippery when wet and actually last longer.
Glass is incredibly strong and durable,. Much more than the soft limestone aggregates usually used to make asphalt and concrete for roads. It does not absorb moisture like the limestone does either.
It doesn't cut your tires because it is tumbled and smoothed.
And, there seems to be an endless supply of throw away beer bottles from which to make it. So,,,,,,,,,,,,,do your part and help out.
They do still let you drink beer in Indiana, don't they?
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