The asphalt is heated to 290 F coming out of the spreader. Even a few minutes later, it ’s still measuring 269 F.
For comparison, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, most adults will suffer third- degree burns if exposed to 150 F water for two seconds.
I
N THE MOVIES, WHEN aliens invade Earth, they generally say they come as friends and intend to do no harm; most of the time, they are lying. The invasion underway
along Johnnie Dodds Boulevard is an exception to the rule. When the hundreds of orange cones and bar- rels have completed their mission and returned home, wherever that is, Mount Pleasant will be left with only the magnanimous results of their visit.
The Johnnie Dodds Boulevard
project consists of widening three miles – from the Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge to the Interstate 526 in- terchange – to three lanes from two in each direction. Improvements to the two frontage roads and some side streets along this stretch of U.S. Highway 17 are included in the plan. New curbs and gutters are the be- ginning of the visual improvements; both are being installed along the
Top Right: With the road widening, losing some trees is unavoidable. Orange fencing sur- rounds those that definitely will be retained. Left: Dump trucks load hot asphalt into a shuttle buggy, which loads the spreader, which spreads it onto the roadway. Several workers follow behind, checking the fresh blacktop for proper depth and slope and filling in imperfec- tions before the compactor compresses it to a scientifically calculated level for the road and environmental conditions.
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