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One side asphalt and one side concrete

Started by roadman65, August 11, 2016, 05:38:22 PM

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roadman65

I used to always like when roads had two completely different road beds on each side of the road.  Growing up in NJ, I can tell you most of US 22 between I-78 Exit 18 and NJ 28 in Bridgewater would have one side of the road would be asphalt and the other concrete alternating all along the stretch.  Then most have to remember US 202 from the Somerville Circle to the Flemington Circle where the NB lanes were asphalt and the SB lanes were concrete.

Just like Virginia and its one side level and the other side wavy do to one side being added later on, that is the history of US 22 and US 202 as both were at one time two lane roads widened later.  Of course the contractors did not include rehabilitating the original roads then after a new road was added, especially bridges.  Remember when one side of the road had a classic old style truss bridge while the newer side used modern technology?  Now we know that most road agencies rebuild the older bridges when a new parallel carriageway is built to dual a highway.  Only in Wichita, do I see where old US 81 crossing the Arkansas River has two different types of bridges after a road widening project.  The NB lanes are on a modern structure while the SB lanes are in an old concrete side truss structure, only because of the money and possible landmark issue to change them both to match.

Back to topic, are there still places today other than US 441 between Apopka and Mout Dora in Florida that have one side concrete and the other asphalt? 
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jeffe

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I'd say an even more extreme version of this is when some of the lanes are concrete and others are asphalt.

US-101 south of San Jose was originally two asphalt lanes each way, but when it was widened the new lanes were constructed out of concrete, including the inside shoulders:


This newer construction is the reverse of how things used to be done in California, where asphalt lanes were added to concrete freeways, such as I-680 between Walnut Creek and Dublin:


And of course, there is the original freeway prototype, The Arroyo Seco Parkway, which was constructed with two outside concrete lanes and an inner asphalt passing lane.

Jardine

Blair NE has some city streets with the 2 driving lanes old style brick, and the parking/curb lanes concrete.

Looks sharp and the brick is charming.

jwolfer

Quote from: roadman65 on August 11, 2016, 05:38:22 PM
I used to always like when roads had two completely different road beds on each side of the road.  Growing up in NJ, I can tell you most of US 22 between I-78 Exit 18 and NJ 28 in Bridgewater would have one side of the road would be asphalt and the other concrete alternating all along the stretch.  Then most have to remember US 202 from the Somerville Circle to the Flemington Circle where the NB lanes were asphalt and the SB lanes were concrete.

Just like Virginia and its one side level and the other side wavy do to one side being added later on, that is the history of US 22 and US 202 as both were at one time two lane roads widened later.  Of course the contractors did not include rehabilitating the original roads then after a new road was added, especially bridges.  Remember when one side of the road had a classic old style truss bridge while the newer side used modern technology?  Now we know that most road agencies rebuild the older bridges when a new parallel carriageway is built to dual a highway.  Only in Wichita, do I see where old US 81 crossing the Arkansas River has two different types of bridges after a road widening project.  The NB lanes are on a modern structure while the SB lanes are in an old concrete side truss structure, only because of the money and possible landmark issue to change them both to match.

Back to topic, are there still places today other than US 441 between Apopka and Mout Dora in Florida that have one side concrete and the other asphalt?
There is a small part of us92 west of Daytona that have one side concrete the  other asphalt

sparker

Except for the first mile north of the I-182/US 12 interchange and the last half-mile before merging with I-90, US 395 between Pasco and Ritzville, WA, an expressway with some freeway segments, features concrete northbound lanes and asphalt southbound lanes.  At about 72 miles, it's one of the longest such highway segments I've encountered. 

peterj920

There's several occurances of this throughout Wisconsin where the original road is asphalt and the newer lanes are concrete.  Wis 42/57 southwest of Sturgeon Bay, US 41 between Abrams and Oconto, sections of I-41 between Kaukauna and De Pere.  About 15 years ago it was a lot more common, but the older sections have since been rebuilt.  The state has abandoned this practice in recent years and now reconstructs the old road when twinning a roadway. 

Bruce

Most bus stops here in Seattle are on concrete pads, while the rest of the road might be asphalt.

There's also a lot of construction and asphalt patches on concrete streets is fairly common:



There's also things like this (Terry in 2007):

Wikipedia - TravelMapping (100% of WA SRs)

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Thing 342

A portion of I-85 between Anderson and Greenville, SC is concrete southbound and asphalt northbound.

wanderer2575

In Michigan, when a short stretch of I-96 was reconstructed between M-5 and M-39 in 2005, the westbound lanes were built in asphalt and the eastbound lanes were built in concrete.

https://goo.gl/maps/fR47DgyRMk12

In the "both asphalt and concrete on the same side" category, some of that may be found on I-75 north of the BL I-75 Pontiac interchange, with the original two lanes in each direction resurfaced in asphalt and lanes added since in concrete.

https://goo.gl/maps/JbiGa5Zc6r12

jay8g

This bridge has newly-refurbished concrete on one side and an even-more-newly-repaved (post-street view) asphalt overlay on the other.

lordsutch

US 41 (Industrial Hwy) in South Bibb County: northbound lane and center turn lane (original southbound lane) are the original concrete, while the southbound lane is asphalt.

epzik8

The U.S. Route 15 Gettysburg Bypass is concrete northbound and asphalt southbound.
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