Posted on 02/25/2019 9:30:13 AM PST by antidemoncrat
There have been multiple road projects around Dallas Texas involving drilling a series of multiple small holes across various lanes on major roads. A series of about 4 small holes across the lane about every six feet for maybe 1/4 mile. After the holes are drilled, another crew comes along and puts something in them and seals the hole. Have seen this on Dallas roads and now Plano roads.
As some have said it could be to check road wear.
I have also seen this done in places to check new asphalt mixtures to test the wear of the new mixtures.
Are the drilled/filled holes all in the wear patterns of the roadway?
If so that is probably the reason.
NC did a lot of testing like that before they put millions of $$ into their highway budget to enlarge and resurface their highways.
My BIL, rest in peace, at one point, just knew every answer!
My mother accused him of playing the game so much that it was like cheating :)
As a medic embedded with the marines in Vietnam for a year, he gets a pass.
Passed 6 years ago. Received a medal though I forget which one and they played Taps at his funeral.
First time I ever saw that.
Sorry for digressing so...
I commute the SRT & GWB every day. Where have you seen these?
You know, every time I’m over in that part of town (isn’t often) I always think the sign is directing me to hop on the “Gene Rayburn” tollway.
It would probably be more fun if that were the case.
This is how they hack into your car to kill you and make it look accidental.
The holes are filled with gun powder which will go BOOM anytime a liberal from another state tries to move into Texas.
IEDs.
My 65 Willys jeep is immune.
Core samples are taken for strength
tests. If the cement separates from
the aggregate, the concrete needs
replacement.
You had better trade your car in for something that is immune to their remote control, like a 72 Gremlin, ASAP
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OMG!! I’m a walking/driving dead man! I own a 2018 Navigator. Pray for me.
It sounds like consolidation grouting.
There is a lot of limestone in the Dallas area and limestone is susceptible to solution voids, that is cavities caused by water, the grouting fills the voids.
It’s a test system to wireless charge Tesla cars while they drive. They can recharge for free in their own dedicated lanes. This will prevent Global Warming. /S
You can check all current Texas highway projects at Texas DOT Project Tracker:
https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/project-tracker.html
It goes too slowly to trigger an IED.
Especially now. The transmission needs to be rebuilt or replaced.
Easy drone target though.
Are the holes near seams, with a hole on each side of the seam? I have seen them do this for miles. There is some kind of joiner that sits in there that locks the different blocks together. I thought that was just an upper-Midwest winter thing. I think they call it joint stitching.
Tried that. A lot of projects on roads in Plano are just listed as street repair.
Don’t think they are taking core samples. Just looks like drilling.
You could have just called the hwy dept
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