The Oregon Department of Transportation reused approximately 47,000 tons of stockpiled asphalt concrete to resurface a section of a state highway in 1977, with the material having previously served as pavement during a freeway reconstruction project. It was processed at a plant, mixed with additional materials and laid as a conventional hot-mix asphalt surface after being removed and stored for about two years.
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