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Dec 1914
A Rational Formula for Asphalt Street Surfaces
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 77, Issue 1
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Every now and then the question is raised: “What is the proper crown to give an asphalt street” and there is a discussion as to which of the many formulas of to-day gives the best results. Having been asked this question many times in the past few years, and especially while connected with municipal improvements in Los Angeles, Cal., the writer has given the matter careful investigation, and, by a comparison of the surfaces proposed by the various formulas, has arrived at the conclusion that the crown rise should vary with the cross-fall as well as the grade of the roadway, and that a crown considerably lower than that proposed by the well-known formula of the late Andrew Rosewater, M. Am. Soc. C. E., should be used on streets having a cross-fall between the gutter grades.
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Published in print: Dec 1914
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J. Alden Griffin, M.ASCE
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