Figure 2. Pavement structure at Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA).
was extended by 245 m and the air carrier ramp ex-
form, having clusters of rocks and boulders incor-
panded. Taxiway B (between the ramp and taxiway C)
porated into the finer grained soils. Bedrock was re-
was constructed in 1975 and was extended to connect
ported at uneven depths and at some locations it was
the two runways in 1977. Portions of runway 8/26
close to the pavement surface.
were reconstructed in 1987. A summary of the con-
The airport pavements consist of two intersecting
struction history, length, width and types of joints of
runways, five taxiways and three ramps (Fig. 2). The
the different pavement structures at CWA is presented
original airfield--runway 8/26, taxiway A and an air
in Table 1.
carrier ramp--was constructed in 1968 and 1969. Be-
The airfield basically was constructed with PCC.
tween 1972 and 1973, runway 17/35 and taxiways C,
The original runway, taxiway and ramp, constructed
D and E were constructed. Also in 1973, runway 8/26
Table 1. Pavement structures at Central Wisconsin Airport.
Slab
Date
Length Width
size
Longitudinal
Transverse
Pavement
constructed
(m)
(m)
(m)
joint
joint
Runway 8/26
3.8 6.1
(original)
1968
2042
46
keyed & dummy
doweled
Runway 8/26
7.6 7.6
(extension)
1973
244
46
keyed
doweled
7.6 7.6
Runway 17/35
1972
1737
46
keyed
doweled
3.8 6.1
Taxiway A
1969
297
23
keyed & tied
doweled
Taxiway B
7.6 7.6
(ramp to taxiway C)
1975
139
23
keyed & tied
doweled
3.8 7.6
Taxiway B
3.8 7.6
(taxiway C to 17/35)
1977
954
15
Butt, tied
doweled & dummy
7.6 7.6
Taxiway C
1973
2256
15
keyed & tied
doweled
3.8 7.6
7.6 7.6
Taxiway D
1973
88
20
keyed & tied
doweled
3.8 7.6
3.8 5.3
Taxiway E
1973
88
20
keyed & tied
doweled
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