Michigan is trying out a new asphalt material on a busy highway in Livingston County.
The “highly modified asphalt,” or HiMA, has been found to improve resistance to cracking and rutting, thus extending the life of the pavement and cutting maintenance costs.
Earlier this month, crews used highly modified asphalt on a stretch of I-96 near Grand River Avenue in Brighton. The work was part of a larger three-year, $45 million project to rebuild the I-96 and Grand River Avenue interchange…