UCPRC researchers paving Levee Road

Will roads of the future be 10% old tires?

  • by Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee

A mile of road on the campus of UC Davis got a rubbery face-lift this month when the California Pavement Research Center repaved it with an asphalt mix made with used tires. 

A university news release said that Davis scientists in the UC Pavement Research Center worked with CalRecycle and Caltrans on the pilot project, which also has a project manager and research staff from UC Berkeley’s pavement center. New asphalt mixes can include up to 10% tire rubber and 25% recycled asphalt. California has used recycled tires in asphalt in some capacity since the 1970s, CalRecycle said.

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