Evaluating pavement support alternatives for precast concrete inlay panels

Precast concrete pavement can achieve excellent long-term performance when constructed with stable, uniform support underneath the panels. Precast concrete inlay panels (PCIP) are a unique type of precast pavement, developed to rehabilitate rutted high-volume asphalt highways. A trial section of PCIP was installed on Highway 400 in Ontario, Canada in 2016 using three different types of panel support conditions called asphalt-supported, …