Molded sectional curb constructions in combination with paved roadways and method
View Patent ↗A gutter curb for paved roadways is constructed of an assembled series of elongated sections of gutter curbs connected together end to end, which are assembled along at least one side of a road bed. The gutter curb sections are molded from rubber from recycled tires and are held to the adjacent roadway pavement by tie rods passing through opposite sides gutter curb sections and projecting into the pavement itself to be securely held thereto.
1. A paved roadway comprising:
a compacted road bed;
a gutter curb along at least one side of said road bed, each gutter curb comprising a series of gutter curb sections each section comprising an elongated body of ground up recycled tire material molder together with a binder so as to be water permeable, said gutter curb sections connected together end to end, each of said gutter curb sections having an upper surface formed into a gutter;
said gutter body sections each mounting tie rods having one end projecting therefrom a substantial distance over said road bed; and
pavement overlying said road bed and extending up to said gutter curb and encasing said projecting tie rod one ends therein to secure said curb sections to said pavement.
2. The roadway of claim 1 wherein said tie rods are threaded and secured at an opposite end protruding from an opposite side with a nut threaded thereon to thereby be removable from said pavement by removing said nuts and pulling said gutter curb sections from said tie rods each having said one end encased in said pavement.
3. The roadway of claim 2 wherein adjacent sections of gutter curbs are connected by splice plates extending along said opposite sides of abutting gutter curb sections.
4. The roadway according to claim 1 whereon each of said curb sections have a base side adapted to rest on said road bed, upwardly extending opposite sides, and an upper surface defined by a downwardly inclined shallow surface extended from a front side towards the other side, and a shoulder extending upwardly from said other side together forming a gutter in said upper surface.
5. The roadway according to claim 4 wherein a series of through holes are formed extending from one side to the other of said curb bodies receiving rods installed therein having ends protruding from either side with fasteners securing said rods therein.
6. The roadway according to claim 4 wherein said gutter curbs are connected together end to end by splice plates extending along said opposite sides and onto opposite sides of a next adjacent gutter curb, held against said sides with said rods passing through said holes therein.
7. The roadway according to claim 4 wherein said upwardly inclined shoulder is defined by a shallowly inclined surface which terminates at said opposite side to be drivable thereover with minimal shock.
8. The roadway according to claim 1 wherein said top front surfaces of said gutter curbs are substantially flush with said roadway pavement.
9. The roadway according to claim 1 wherein said binder is water based urethane.