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Last updated on Thursday, June 28, 2018
(MONROE CO.) - Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews plan to chip seal the State Road 48 in Monroe County between Bloomington and Whitehall on Monday, July 2, weather permitting.
Flaggers will be onsite to direct State Road 48 traffic traveling between State Road 43 and Oard Road during daytime hours.
A fog seal will occur along this same route on Friday, July 6.
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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