Asphalt Pavement Distress Summary

There are many types of Asphalt Distress problems. Please view the pictures below and click on the link afterwords to find out the cause and solutions:

Alligator Cracking

Block Cracking

Edge Cracking

Longitudinal Cracking

Reflective cracking

Please click on the link below to find out how these and more distresses occur and how to fix them:

Asphalt Pavement Distress Summary

Pothole repair that lasts for years using Bergkamp FP5 Flameless Pothole Repair technology and InPave Management System.

Bergkamp Inc. was established in 1977 and has been manufacturing pavement maintenance equipment since 1980, working closely with contractors and government agencies throughout North America and the world. The All-In-One Flameless Pothole Patcher FP5 Model is used by major governmental agencies to perform maintenance on their streets and roads.

The Flameless Pothole Patcher FP5.

The InPave Pothole Management System lets you manage where and what potholes get done, time management for crew and is fully compatible with GIS map systems so you can fully track your work. Each InPave system is installed on board and features many sensors on the vehicle, while collecting all of the data while you work on fixing potholes. The data can be retrieved at any time via an internet connection.

InPave Pothole Management System

The Bergkamp FP5 Flameless Pothole Repair vehicle with InPave Management Technology would be a great addition to the City of Cleveland Division of Streets because every street doesn't need a complete resurfacing. There are many streets that have isolated pothole problems that can be repaired and those repairs can last 3-5 years, giving the city time to address the F grade street resurfacing while still fixing the many potholes the RIGHT WAY.

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City of Cleveland 50/50 Sidewalk Repair Program

Here is the description from the City of Cleveland website:


"The 50/50 sidewalk repair program was designed to encourage the repair of unsafe sidewalks. The City of Cleveland partners with residents and each pay 50% of the total cost to have the sidewalks . repaired. The program opens every spring, however the city's matching funds are limited and the program closes when all City funds allocated have been exhausted."


We had work done through this program. The idea is great. The program could help alleviate a lot of bad sidewalk issues. Most of the issues come from trees that were planted in tree lawns in the 90's. Most tree lawns in the City of Cleveland are very narrow and the tree roots push up concrete.

Here are before and after pictures of our front yard. As you can see the tree has greatly damaged the sidewalk and the tree roots had taken over the entire front yard. It took us 2 weeks of digging and cutting out roots to get the front lawn to a much better look.

Road resurfacing by the City of Cleveland - East 82nd st

Here is a project that was done last year by the City of Cleveland's Division of Streets. East 82nd street from Hough ave. to Superior. The job turned out great!!! The newly paved road gives life to that street . Greatly enhances that part of the neighborhood. Now if we can get more road work like that the entire neighborhood would take a turn for the better. Freshly paved roads are the start to turning around the blight and providing an atmosphere to be proud of.

We all know that every roadway will not get a full resurface but there are many different Asphalt technologies that the City of Cleveland should be looking at to provide quality pothole repairing that will last at least 2-3 years, until a full resurface can be done. Maybe bringing in several different Asphalt Repair Manufacturers, to demonstrate how their process works, would be a good start.

F grade street conditions in the Wade Park district, Cleveland, Ohio

This is my street. Hasn't been resurfaced in over 30 years. All they city does is do a bad "Throw and Go" every years and they never come back to fix the patch up. There are so many bad pothole patches that driving down the street feels like an Off Road coarse.

East 84th street and Decker

Hot In Place Asphalt Recycling using the Martec AR2000

This is the Martec AR2000 Super Asphalt Train. It heats up the asphalt, mills the asphalt, creates a tunnel of milled asphalt down the center of the AR2000 train, it picks up the milled asphalt via conveyor and deposits it in a large mixer. While in the mixer Rejuvenator is added to the recycled asphalt and then moved to the paver to be put down on the road surface. All done in one pass. No numerous loads of hot asphalt to bring in via truck, no huge carbon footprint from hot asphalt and no burning the road surface with hot flames from other types of heating devices. Fast, Efficient and takes less labor to run vs. conventional methods.

The City of Cleveland Division of Streets would benefit greatly using this technology because road surfaces could be updated and fixed very quickly and this type of system can run all your round.

Welcome to Fix Our Streets 216 blog

Hello and welcome to Fix Our Streets 216. We will be talking about ways to fix our broken infrastructure in Cleveland, Ohio. Our streets are crumbling, water mains are breaking, sewer catch basins are filthy of crumbling and bridges need to be repaired or replaced.

If you know of any of these issues in your area, please share with us the address and problem.

Thanks.