Patent ID: 6592289
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
A method of making a concrete roadway comprising the steps of:pouring a continuous section of concrete having a length, a depth and a width; cutting the continuous section of concrete from a top surface of the continuous section of concrete between a first part of the continuous section of concrete and a second part of the continuous section of concrete downwardly in a direction from the second part of the continuous section of concrete toward the first part of the continuous section of concrete at an angle of between 5 degrees and 45 degrees from the vertical to form an angled cut between a wedged shaped end of the first part of the continuous section of concrete and a wedged shaped end of the second part of the continuous section of concrete, whereby the wedged shaped end of the first part of the continuous section of concrete overlies the wedged-shaped end of the second part of the continuous section of concrete wherein the wedged shaped end of the first part of the continuous section of concrete and the wedged shaped end of the second part of the continuous section of concrete can be pressed together by a vehicle to reduce movement of the first part of the continuous section of concrete with respect to the second part of the continuous section of concrete on either side of a joint formed by the angled cut; said step of cutting the continuous section of concrete comprising the step of cutting the continuous section at an angle to the length of the continuous section.