The Evolution of Asphalt is Now

I was born into the road construction industry. My great grandfather supplied road materials for the original construction of Highway 90 Beach Blvd in Mississippi, and my grandfather and father were both in the construction business after that. As a child, I was around asphalt all the time. One memory that has stuck with me is how sticky asphalt can be. As a chore, I scraped asphalt off the floors of the emulsion plant, and it would stick to everything, including my clothes. Mom would make me strip down outside before I could come in the house after working! Even…