Case Study
Construction of a New Four Lane Highway
Requirements Poor surface conditions and high traffic loads on a section of the E18 between Langåker and Bommestad led to serious congestion. It became apparent that the bottleneck needed to be relieved with the construction of a new four lane, 8.1km long highway. Solution Regional road authorities in Norway have established a new strategy whereby highly trafficked roads should be paved with asphalt containing Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB)