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Tampa Uses High-Friction Pavement To Reduce Crashes

Author Sean Roberts

It’s called a high-friction surface treatment and it’s a thin layer of high-quality polish-resistant aggregate bonded to the pavement surface with polymer resin binder, according to FDOT.

This high-friction pavement is already proving to be effective. FDOT put in the surface treatment at the State Road 60 (Memorial Hwy) ramp near Tampa International Airport. The ramp connects SR 60 Northbound to the Veterans Expressway.

Overall, the state saw the number of crashes cut by 67 percent. There was also a 73% reduction of wet weather crashes and 53% fewer run-off-the-road crashes.

According to FDOT, crash reduction has proven most effective on rural and urban horizontal curves and tight-radius loop ramps.

FDOT crews also applied the high-friction surfacing at busy intersections and downhill roads. Other scenarios include approaches to rail crossings, school crossings, and tolling areas.

Source: WFTS

Sean Roberts was conceived in the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky by two passionate, panel aligning, third shifters who had grown bored with the same ole same ole. Upon birth, he was placed in the trunk of a new Stingray and sent off to find his destiny. That destiny included several stints on radio stations across the United States. Some played punk country gospel, while others focused on Croatian death metal played backwards. After many years and many adventures, Sean wound up on The Shark, where he does shots of tequila while playing the most badass tunes ever created by humankind. He remains humble, however, never forgetting about the lean years...the street corners and dark alleys where he played songs on his car stereo for food and sex. He's on top and he's never gonna stop LIVING THE DREAM!

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