DelDOT 760: Pavement Milling and Rumble Strips

760.1Description.

This work consists of milling bituminous or PCC pavement and creating rumble strips.

760.2Materials.

Not applicable.

760.3Construction.

760.3.1 Pavement Milling.

A.Equip milling machine with guides to provide uniformity and consistency in alignment of each cut

with no tearing, snagging, or gouging of the resulting surface. Remove any imperfections exceeding 5/16 of an inch at any point along the surface. Open a milled surface to traffic only after removing all loose material. Provide temporary bituminous concrete wedges at any grade change of 2 inches or greater in accordance with the DE MUTCD.

B.Taper cuts consist of one pass between 6- feet and 8-feet with a specified depth at one edge and

zero depth at the other edge. 760.3.2 Rumble Strips.

A.Cut the rumble strips to dimensions in accordance with the contract or in accordance with the

Standard Construction Details without tearing or snagging.

B.Remove and dispose of millings.

760.4Method of Measurement.

A.The Department will measure the quantity of:

1.Pavement milling as the number of square yards per inch of depth. The Department will not

measure additional depth that the engineer did not provide written approval for milling.

2.Taper cut in square yards per inch.

3.Rumble strips longitudinally as the number of linear feet installed and accepted. The

Department will not measure the 12-foot openings in bike-friendly rumble strips.

760.5Basis of Payment.

A.The Department will pay for pavement milling at the contract unit price per square yard per inch.

Price and payment will constitute full compensation for:

1.Pavement milling or planing;

2.cleanup of the bituminous concrete or PCC pavement residue wedge left from the milling

operation along the curb line, adjacent to speed humps, across intersecting streets, around manholes, and at the beginning and ending points of the milling operation; and

3.removing and disposing of milled material.

B.The Department will pay for rumble strips at the contract unit price per linear foot and accepted

in-place. Price and payment will constitute full compensation for:

1.Pavement milling or planing; and

2.removing and disposing of milled material.

ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT 760001 RUMBLE STRIPS, FULL LANE WIDTH LF 760002 BIKE-FRIENDLY RUMBLE STRIPS, BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT LF 760003 BIKE-FRIENDLY RUMBLE STRIPS, CONCRETE LF 760004 RUMBLE STRIPS, BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT, SHALLOW DEPTH LF 760005 RUMBLE STRIPS, CONCRETE, SHALLOW DEPTH LF 760006 RUMBLE STRIPS, BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT LF 760007 RUMBLE STRIPS, CONCRETE LF 760008 RUMBLE STRIPS, CENTER LINE, BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT LF 760009 RUMBLE STRIPS, CENTER LINE, CONCRETE LF 760010 PAVEMENT MILLING, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PAVEMENT SY-IN 760011 PAVEMENT MILLING, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PAVEMENT, TAPER CUT SY-IN 760012 PAVEMENT MILLING, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PAVEMENT, VARIABLE DEPTH SY-IN 760013 PAVEMENT MILLING, PCC PAVEMENT SY-IN

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Source: Delaware Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2026 Edition. Pages 425–0 of 786. View official source ↗

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