Construction and comparison of Louisiana's conventional and alternative base courses under accelerated loading : construction report.

The Louisiana Transportation Research Center's (LTRC) Pavement Research Facility (PRF) is a permanent, outdoor, full-scale testing laboratory located on a six site in Port Allen, Louisiana. The purpose of this facility is to test and quantify full-scale pavement performance of various pavement types under accelerated loading. The loading device which will be used for this first experiment is the Accelerated Loading Facility (ALF).
Construction of the first experimental test site began in April 1995 and was completed by January 1996. The construction of the first experiment consisted of nine test lanes and a parking lane designated for the ALF while not in use. These nine lanes were constructed using alternate base course designs with a common flexible surfacing.
This first experiment is intended to evaluate alternative base construction material and techniques for flexible pavements in Louisiana. This report documents the construction of this first experiment. Research teams from LTRC, LSU, and Louisiana Tech will provide performance evaluations in subsequent reports upon completion of the test program.