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https://doi.org/10.3141/1749-05

http://scholar.google.com...yder&publication_year=2001

The costs of pavement construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation are primary factors considered by most local agencies in the selection of pavement type [hot-mix asphalt concrete (HMAC) or portland cement concrete (PCC)] for new construction. The optimal use of agency funds for any given project can be determined only through an economic analysis of all associated agency costs and the performance of the pavement. Life-cycle cost analyses were performed on HMAC and PCC highway pavements in Olmsted and Waseca Counties, Minnesota. The Means Heavy Construction Historical Cost Index and the Minnesota Department of Transportation Surfacing Indices were used to convert all expenditures over time into equivalent constant-dollar values. Direct comparisons were made on roadway sections with similar traffic volumes, ages, and environmental conditions. For Olmsted County, the favored pavement type depended somewhat on the cost index values that were used in the analysis; however, index selection had no effect on the outcome for the Waseca County comparisons. When the results were normalized for traffic volumes (i.e., cost per lane mile per million vehicles carried), PCC pavements were clearly more cost-effective in all Olmsted County cases and all but one Waseca County case, regardless of the cost index value used. PCC pavements generally incurred significantly lower maintenance and rehabilitation costs than HMAC roadways in both counties.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1749, Maintenance of Transportation Pavements and Structures.

English

p. 28-37

2001

Transportation Research Record

0309072093

Figures (1) ; References (3) ; Tables (5)

Asphalt concrete pavements; Case studies; Concrete pavements; Cost effectiveness; Cost indexes; Costs; Highway maintenance; Life cycle costing; Low volume roads; Rehabilitation; Traffic volume

Olmsted County (Minnesota); Waseca County (Minnesota)

Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 23 2001 12:00AM

• CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF AN ULTRATHIN BONDED HOT-MIX ASPHALT WEARING COURSE
• COST-BENEFIT HIGHWAY PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE
• FIELD TEST OF NEW PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM BRIDGES
• HIGHWAY BRIDGE INSPECTION: STATE-OF-THE-PRACTICE SURVEY
• IMPROVING ROAD QUALITY WITH FOCUSED DAILY ROAD MAINTENANCE
• MAINTENANCE OF CONCRETE BRIDGES
• PILOT INSTALLATION OF A BRIDGE SCOUR MONITORING SITE
• POTENTIAL FOR PRIVATE-SECTOR ROAD MAINTENANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CASE STUDIES
• POTENTIAL OF USING STONE MATRIX ASPHALT FOR THIN OVERLAYS
• RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY OF IN-DEPTH INSPECTION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES
• RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY OF ROUTINE INSPECTION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES
• SERVICE LIFE OF DURABLE PAVEMENT MARKINGS
• THIN POLYSULFIDE EPOXY BRIDGE DECK OVERLAYS
• TO SEAL OR NOT TO SEAL? A FIELD EXPERIMENT TO RESOLVE AN AGE-OLD DILEMMA