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Epoxy asphalt concrete is widely used for long-span steel bridge deck pavement in China. Because of the heavy traffic load and extreme climatic conditions, epoxy asphalt deck pavement tends to develop cracks, debonding, and potholes and needs reconstructing typically after 5 to 10 years. Research was performed on the cracking mechanism under both traffic and thermal loads, with the aim of finding the best sealing material. The performances of various crack-sealing materials, including workability, mechanical property, and durability, were evaluated. Test methods such as the simplified penetration ability test and bending fatigue test were employed for rating the crack-sealing materials. Experimental results revealed that the traditional crack-sealing materials, such as bitumen modified with styrene–butadiene–styrene, rubber bitumen, bitumen emulsion, and solvent bitumen, cannot meet the requirements for repairing epoxy asphalt on long-span bridge decks because of the low penetration ability and low adhesive strength. Results showed that cracks could be repaired well with epoxy resin–sealing materials, which showed great penetration ability, high bond strength, large deformation capacity, and short curing time.

In this paper, the indoor experiment of AC-16 rubber particle asphalt mixture was studied. Mix design method of mixing amount of rubber particles asphalt mixture for 3%, two kinds of rubber particles with different gradation were used for the experiment. The rubber particles were mixed into the mixture by dry mixing method, and the road performance was tested. In addition, analyzing the change of void content under different indoor molding conditions of Marshall specimens, the experimental conditions suitable for indoor molding were selected. At the same time, after determining the optimum asphalt content, the comparison between the different asphalt mixture performance, the rubber particles asphalt mixture after adding high viscosity, improve road performance, and choose a type of rubber particles suitable for application on the road.

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