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| Asphalt in Road Construction |
Majority of today's roads are constructed using asphalt but its use has been traced back even thousands of years. This naturally occurring substance is sought after for a number of applications due to its adhesive and waterproofing properties. Though the substance is so common today that it is not usually given a thought, asphalt is all around us in the form of roads, airport runways, roofs, tennis courts, parking lots, batteries, adhesives and more. Over ninety percent of the roads in the United States are constructed using this valuable, binding substance, but how did this come to be?
... Asphalt, blacktop, asphalt concrete, tarmac, bituminous concrete or macadam, can be naturally occurring but today is more commonly produced as a byproduct of the refining process in the petroleum industry.
P.S: Gildatar Bitumen and Asphalt is a company that provides excellent service to the civil contracting industry: bitumen sealing, asphalt surfacing of roads.
Author: Bob Jent
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