Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

Bridges and Structures

Design, construction and maintenance resources

Do It Right! Lessons from the field not to be repeated

Wear course

Wear course
  • Make sure the joints are measured and marked accurately prior to placing the wear course, so when joint is sawn, the joints are stacked precisely on top of each other...
Wear course
  • Protect barrier reinforcement and surface of deck where barrier will be installed from being sprayed with AMS cure.
Wear course
  • I don’t think the hard stuff will get us for awhile yet!
  • If it looks like rain, start making plans to button things up.