Patent ID: 7709106

Claim:
An interlayer for placement on a paved surface, comprising a mixture of: aggregate comprised of no more than about 15% by weight natural sand, wherein said aggregate that is not natural sand is manufactured sand with an angularity of at least 38%, and wherein said aggregate is comprised of about 80% by weight to about 100% by weight aggregate having a sieve size of less than about 4.75 mm; and an asphalt binder, wherein said interlayer has a Hveem Stability at 60° C. and 50 gyrations of at least about 22 and a Flexural Beam Fatigue of at least about 50,000 cycles at 2000 microstrains, 10 Hz, 3.0±2.0% air voids, at 0-30° C.; where the mixture is covered with an asphalt overlay.