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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Transverse cracks

 Transverse cracks are unconnected cracks
running transversely (relatively perpendicular to
the pavement centerline) across the pavement.

 Causes
 Contraction and Expansion of pavement
with changing temperatures

 Poorly constructed paving joint crack
 Cures

 Crack Filling
 Full-Depth Reclamation

 Thick Overlay

Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my