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Street Prior to Repair
The City of Columbus has a small amount of brick streets that are
some of the oldest streets in the community. Originally, when streets were constructed
with brick pavers, materials and labor were relatively inexpensive. As the City began to grow
and technology changed, the traditional methods of road construction shifted towards asphalt
and concrete.
Over time, problems begin to occur with brick streets, such
as, base failures and brick deterioration. Base failures are due to larger vehicle loads,
repeated freezing and thawing of moisture within the pavement, and a breakdown of the
subbase. The structural breakdown of the paver occurs when the rate of deterioration
begins to crack and spall the brick.
Street Following Repair Today, the City of Columbus spends a portion of its
maintenance budget on maintaining the existing brick streets and repairing the deficiencies as
part of a yearly brick rehabilitation contract. Due to the high costs of labor and the fact that
most of the work is done by hand, the City can only repair a fraction of the brick streets in
the city.
The program is comprised of a field investigation to locate areas that are
beginning to show base failure, rutting, brick cracking and spalling. Once these areas are located, a contract is assembled and bid to a contractor to
perform the work.
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