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Last updated on Monday, July 9, 2018
(JOHNSON CO.) - Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance personnel plan to begin chip seal operations on State Road 44 west of Franklin tomorrow. Crews will surface-treat the eastbound lane between S.R. 135 and S.R. 144 - weather permitting - then top the S.R. 44 westbound lane with liquid asphalt and aggregate chips between S.R. 144 and S.R. 135.
On Wednesday or Thursday (JULY 11 or 12), chip seal operations on S.R. 44 will begin in the westbound lane at S.R. 135 at Bargersville and proceed to S.R. 37 at Martinsville. Once there, INDOT's crew will reverse the S.R. 44 route, treating the eastbound lane from S.R. 37 to S.R. 135.
Motorists are asked to use alternate routes to avoid each day's liquid asphalt-aggregate chip application. INDOT pilot vehicles will be onsite to lead local traffic through the work zone.
The state's tentative schedule calls for a fog seal to be placed next week to further seal aggregate chips along the road's surface.
Chip seals coat the existing pavement with liquid asphalt--sealing cracks and protecting the roadbed from harmful ultraviolet rays. This extends service life and lowers maintenance costs. Small chips of limestone are used to cover the asphalt--choking it from spraying vehicles or sticking to tires. The aggregate chips also restore surface friction for improved skid resistance and driver safety.
Fog seals are light sprays of liquid asphalt that lock in the stone and further overcoat the highway with sealant protection.
These chip and fog seals are extremely cost-effective. Experience shows that every $1 spent on these kinds of surface treatments saves $6 to $14 in taxpayer expenditures "down the road".
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