I’ve seen asphalt used for golf cart paths and parking lots, at track meets, etc. Can you name some other placed it might be used that one would not readily think of?
Yes. Asphalt has a variety of uses, including: Airport runways, greenway trails, bicycle paths, basketball and tennis courts. In addition to the agricultural area for paving cattle feed lots, poultry house floors, barn floors, and green house floors, it is also used In lining surfaces from fish hatcheries to industrial retention ponds. In rail-road-beds for transit systems. In sea walls, dikes and groins to control beach erosion. Its strength, waterproofing capability and inertness to seawater helps prevent the eroding action of tides and waves. Sources: National Asphalt Pavement Association, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. 14. I know you have to be concerned with utilities when paving streets, but what about driveways, greenway trails, bicycle paths, tennis courts, etc. Do I really need to call the digger’s hotline or notify the utility people? We would recommend contacting the
