Custom curb inlet risers save time on mill and overlay

Problem: Rowe Construction was contracted to perform a mill and overlay of a 3-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 51 near Bloomington, Illinois. “The curb and gutter area was a little different,” says Ben Donovan, superintendent with Rowe Construction. “The Illinois Department of Transportation wanted a slope, from 2.5 inches at the edge of pavement down to 1 inch in the flow line of the gutter pan. And there were 42 grated...