A mile-long test section of northbound Interstate 75 near Perry, Georgia, in August 2007 was paved using asphalt containing chemically modified dry-process ground tyre rubber. The section was built alongside an asphalt mixture modified with styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) which allowed researchers to compare the rubber-modified pavement and another modified asphalt system.
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