Tag Archives: DRD

Potholes – Annoying Problem for Road Users and Road Administrations

Posted on April 7, 2014 by nradmin
Potholes
The winter 2013/2014 has in Denmark been reasonably mild, but normally it has been high season for a special kind of damage to our roads – Potholes. In places where the pavement conditions are not optimal and the climate during wintertime provides wet conditions and freeze-thaw cycling potholes...

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Poroelastic Road Surface – a Pilot Test Section at Arnakke in Denmark

Posted on October 14, 2013 by nradmin
Poroelastic road surface
The PERSUADE project aims at developing the experimental concept of poroelastic road surfacing (PERS) into a feasible noise-abatement measure as an alternative to, for example, noise barriers. The project comprises an extensive investigation and testing in the laboratory to develop a durable...

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Thin Layer Pavements – Long Time Effect of Noise Reduction

Posted on April 15, 2013 by nradmin
Roadside noise measurement a
In 2003 the Danish Road Directorate (DRD) started a co-operation with local administrations and asphalt contractors to develop noise reducing thin layer pavements and to construct such pavements on test sections. This article contains a status of the noise measurements carried out in the period...

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New Method for Motorway Widening

Posted on October 22, 2012 by nradmin
Mixing cement in the widened road section.
The Danish Road Directorate has, in cooperation with a consortium of contractors consisting of  Barslund A/S, K.L. Kristensen A/S the SR Group, introduced a new construction method which exploits the existing materials in the road, as well as providing a very resistant road surface for heavy...

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