After being around this forum for a while, I found out that I wasn't the only one that liked the sound of concrete pavement. I even have a friend who admitted to liking it when I asked after they commented on the noise while going over a bridge. I did some digging to find an old post I made about concrete pavement:
But I LOVE the ka-thump ka-thump noise! Could we get them to stop? Putting in the rebars defeats the point of having a concrete road (the cool sounds) in the first place!
You'll like this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leiQ6niMT-Q) then. I like the whistling noise, myself.
When I was reading US-43|72's post (reply #8 on the first page) about different pavement types, I did some Googling, and found this page (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Business/MaterialsLab/QuieterPavement/QuieterPavementPhotos.htm) from WSDOT about pavement types.
The video I linked to is a northbound drive on the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, and is a typical sound for NYSDOT bridges. Between 12 and 16 seconds, the pitch is higher than normal. The WSDOT page covers various pavement types (asphalt and concrete) and has photos of them.
During the 2009-2011 Thruway reconstruction between Exits 39 and 40, they used concrete pavement with longitudinal tining. I was hoping for transverse tining so it would whistle. The longitudinal tining has a growling sound, which can be heard in these two YouTube videos:
(skip to 51 seconds in to hear it without music)
When I went on a road trip to Atlanta in January, I noticed that concrete pavement was fairly common from Virginia south, and much of it had transverse tining. Some of it was old enough to have tire tracks with worn off tining.
Some railroad crossings with metal plates have a whistling sound. Here's (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.97922,-76.531565,3a,31.4y,38.61h,57.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVUR5B46_i0Ngn3yWZk59Og!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) a Street View image of one east of Auburn on NY 5.
Lastly, while going to Binghamton with a friend one time, I knew he was speeding because the whistle of the bridges was higher pitched than normal. When that same friend calls me from his car, I can sometimes figure out where he is based on the length of the whistling sound if I know where he's going.
After being around this forum for a while, I found out that I wasn't the only one that liked the sound of concrete pavement. I even have a friend who admitted to liking it when I asked after they commented on the noise while going over a bridge. I did some digging to find an old post I made about concrete pavement:
But I LOVE the ka-thump ka-thump noise! Could we get them to stop? Putting in the rebars defeats the point of having a concrete road (the cool sounds) in the first place!
You'll like this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leiQ6niMT-Q) then. I like the whistling noise, myself.
When I was reading US-43|72's post (reply #8 on the first page) about different pavement types, I did some Googling, and found this page (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Business/MaterialsLab/QuieterPavement/QuieterPavementPhotos.htm) from WSDOT about pavement types.
The video I linked to is a northbound drive on the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, and is a typical sound for NYSDOT bridges. Between 12 and 16 seconds, the pitch is higher than normal. The WSDOT page covers various pavement types (asphalt and concrete) and has photos of them.
During the 2009-2011 Thruway reconstruction between Exits 39 and 40, they used concrete pavement with longitudinal tining. I was hoping for transverse tining so it would whistle. The longitudinal tining has a growling sound, which can be heard in these two YouTube videos:
(skip to 51 seconds in to hear it without music)
Lastly, while going to Binghamton with a friend one time, I knew he was speeding because the whistle of the bridges was higher pitched than normal. When that same friend calls me from his car, I can sometimes figure out where he is based on the length of the whistling sound if I know where he's going.
The noise from all three videos are much more high pitched than the ones I'm used to in California. Most of them are more of a lower-pitched roaring/grinding noise, although rarely I'll come across a higher-pitched sound closer to the kind in the videos. There's quiet a large portion of the I-10 in downtown L.A. where that's apparent, but unfortunately it's so backed up I can never drive fast enough to hear it :angry:
From my observations, Florida's is quite unique. The grinding noise is completely absent, and instead it's more of a high-pitched hum.