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Not only a granit and limestone were used to build a roads.
In Poland to cinstructed the roads also was andesite used. It was retrieved from the Pieniny region area see for example:
G. Voncina et al. 2014; Bryjarka hill in Szczawnica (Beskid Sądecki Mts, Western Carpathians, Poland) - a natural and cultural focus; " Acta Mus. Siles. Sci. Natur." 63: 111-122.
Limestone is commonly used in the US for road design and construction. In terms of design - US empirical design practice is performed in accordance with AASHTO. The empirical approach requires that you determine the structural layer coefficient for each pavement layer. I have uploaded a reference that discusses how Florida examined locally available materials for that part of the answer (0510753_rpt) to your question. In the AASHTO 93 approach a structural layer coefficient of 0.14 is often used as a representative value for limestone. In the attached report from Florida the researchers have determined a higher value for their specific local materials. You can then design the pavement section using software like TensarPave which will demonstrate the value of using geosynthetics in the design or you can go to the design tool that does not use geosynthetics here; http://www.pavementinteractive.org/article/1993-aashto-flexible-pavement-structural-design/
Limestone is commonly used in the US for road design and construction. In terms of design - US empirical design practice is performed in accordance with AASHTO. The empirical approach requires that you determine the structural layer coefficient for each pavement layer. I have uploaded a reference that discusses how Florida examined locally available materials for that part of the answer (0510753_rpt) to your question. In the AASHTO 93 approach a structural layer coefficient of 0.14 is often used as a representative value for limestone. In the attached report from Florida the researchers have determined a higher value for their specific local materials. You can then design the pavement section using software like TensarPave which will demonstrate the value of using geosynthetics in the design or you can go to the design tool that does not use geosynthetics here; http://www.pavementinteractive.org/article/1993-aashto-flexible-pavement-structural-design/
Limestone is commonly used in the US for road design and construction. In terms of design - US empirical design practice is performed in accordance with AASHTO. The empirical approach requires that you determine the structural layer coefficient for each pavement layer. I have uploaded a reference that discusses how Florida examined locally available materials for that part of the answer (0510753_rpt) to your question. In the AASHTO 93 approach a structural layer coefficient of 0.14 is often used as a representative value for limestone. In the attached report from Florida the researchers have determined a higher value for their specific local materials. You can then design the pavement section using software like TensarPave which will demonstrate the value of using geosynthetics in the design or you can go to the design tool that does not use geosynthetics here; http://www.pavementinteractive.org/article/1993-aashto-flexible-pavement-structural-design/
Recently at University of Illinois we have completed a research project that involved accelerated pavement testing on full scale pavement test sections constructed with primary crusher and riprap size aggregates (75 mm (3 in) to 200 mm (8 in) top size with very small percentage of fines). In United States, these types of large aggregates are often referred to as rock cap. In the following link, you can find the detailed research report: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280310703_Evaluation_of_aggregate_subgrade_materials_used_as_pavement_subgrade_granular_subbase. Note that these materials are inherently unstable owing to the large voids in the matrix. Hence, majority of the state departments of transportation require a dense graded capping layer or base layer on top of these large rocks for adequate aggregate interlock benefits. To my knowledge, Idaho was the first state to use these rock caps in a LTPP highway in United States (http://apps.itd.idaho.gov/apps/materials/Data%5Clinks%5CRock%20Cap%20A%20True%20Free%20Draining%20Base.pdf) followed by Washington DOT. Some of the DOTs' including Illinois are trying to use large size recycled concrete aggregates instead of materials from primary sources. Our study also involved full scale testing of large size recycled materials.
Technical Report Evaluation of aggregate subgrade materials used as pavement ...