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Title:

UNITED KINGDOM STUDY OF MINOR ROAD DETERIORATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES

Accession Number:

00763302

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309065240

Abstract:

The highway maintenance scene in the United Kingdom is presented with respect chiefly to the minor (low-volume) road network. A 10-year study of the causes, consequences, and resulting maintenance options is presented based on observations in five highway authorities, at research sites of 100-m length at the worst end of the condition range. Edge- and non-edge-supported roads are featured, with or without positive and natural drainage. A pavement condition index (PCI) was developed comprising structural, surface, and edge indexes from manual surveys. Some correlation was achieved between PCI and profile from machine-based surveys. The concept of a time-independent relationship between rate of change in a number of condition indicators and absolute condition is advanced. Deterioration rates for eight conditions, as well as their variation in relation to causal factor "pairings" and between lost and remaining sites, are included. Some comparisons are made with the annual National Road Maintenance Conditions Survey of all road categories in the range of conditions found in practice.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1652, Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, May 23-26, 1999, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Volume 2.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Duffell, R

Pagination:

p. 158-170

Publication Date:

1999

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1652
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date: 1999-5-23 to 1999-5-26
Sponsors: US Forest Service; Federal Highway Administration; US Bureau of Indian Affairs; Louisiana State University; World Road Association; Department of International Development-UK; Louisiana Transportation Research Center; Louisiana DOT

ISBN:

0309065240

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (13) ; Tables (10)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Pavement condition index

Geographic Terms:

United Kingdom

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

May 26 1999 12:00AM