Pavement project aims to cut tire noise

Published: September 14, 2010
Tags: American Concrete Pavement Association, concrete grinding, Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota, International Grooving and Grinding Association, Interstate 35, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Next Generation Concrete Surface, NGCS, Portland Cement Association, Purdue University
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By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — A section of Interstate 35 in Duluth is a testing ground for an unusual concrete grinding process designed to make tires hum rather than squeal on older concrete surfaces. So far, the noise reduction process, which applies to decades-old concrete surfaces that produce high-pitched tire noise when [...]