Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Yahoo! News - Minn. Uses AstroTurf for Quieter Highways
Yahoo! News - Minn. Uses AstroTurf for Quieter Highways: "'What we have out there now, if you were riding a bike and fell on it, it would rip all the meat off your bones. It is very skid resistant,' said Rettner, who now is principal engineer for American Engineering Testing Inc. in St. Paul.
MnDOT won approval from the Federal Highway Administration to eliminate grooves on new concrete lanes in Minnesota. In new construction since 1999, Minnesota contractors have textured highways with AstroTurf or a similar technique employing stiff-bristled brushes. "