Techniques for achieving non-skid pavement surfaces especially by deep transverse grooving of fresh cement concrete. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1974.

The topic of wear and texturing of Portland cement concrete pavements as the relate to skid resistance are discussed. 10 years of research and experience in Belgium with the use of deep transverse grooving of fresh Portland cement are reported.