Cold in-place recycling of bituminous material

A method of reconstructing a paved road, comprising:

• evaluating said road by inspecting said road to determine if said road is thick enough to leave at least about an inch base of pavement after milling, determining if said road has a structurally sound base, and determining if said road has good drainage;
• taking cores of said road;
• visually inspecting said cores to determine composition of layers in said cores, the thickness of said layers, and variations between cores;
• crushing said cores to form recycled asphalt pavement particles;
• selecting a substantially solvent-free emulsion based on climate history of said paved road and application temperature of said emulsion;
• mixing said emulsion and said reclaimed asphalt pavement particles to form an asphalt emulsion mixture;
• testing said asphalt emulsion mixture for performance using a raveling test, a thermal cracking test, a moisture susceptibility vacuum saturation test, and a stability test;
• milling pavement off said road to form reclaimed asphalt pavement particles and leaving at least about an inch of said pavement on said road;
• mixing said reclaimed asphalt pavement particles with said emulsion to form a cold in-place recycling layer;
• applying said cold in-place recycling layer to said road;
• compressing said CIR layer with a roller, wherein said roller may compress said CIR layer up to about an hour after said layer is applied;
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• applying a wearing surface selected from the group consisting of a cold, hot, or warm mix overlay, a sealcoat, a chip seal, a fog seal, or other surface treatment.