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Title:

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT

Accession Number:

00204836

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

STREAMLINED GRADING, ADEQUATE DRAINAGE, POSITIVE SLOPE PROTECTION, AND PROVISION FOR WAYSIDES, SAFETY TURN-OUTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DRIVER SERVICES MUST BE COMBINED WITH SAGE AND EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC SERVICES AND STRUCTURES. A SEPARATE REPORT ON WAR MEMORIALS IS SPONSORED BY THE COMMITTEE AS A GUIDE IN SELECTION OF SITES AND IN DESIGN OF APPROPRIATE MEMORIALS ON HIGHWAYS AND ROADSIDE AREAS. THE VALUE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR "COMPLETE HIGHWAY" DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO COVERED IN A SPECIAL REPORT. THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING TURF ON STABILIZED SOILS ON AIRFIELDS IN FLORIDA IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. FIELD TESTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF TURN ON A STABILIZED BASE OF GRANULAR MATERIALS ON HIGHWAY SHOULDERS IN INDIANA ARE ALSO CITED. A "CLEARING HOUSE" OF TIMELY INFORMATION ON ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT WAS INITIATED IN 1943. AMONG OTHERS, THE NEED FOR MORE EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT FOR DISTRIBUTING AND ANCHORING MULCHES TO CONTROL DUST AND EROSION IS POINTED OUT. EXPERIMENTS IN THE USE OF STANDARD SPRAY EQUIPMENT TO APPLY FERTILIZER IN LIQUID FORM ARE REPORTED BY THE CONNECTICUT STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. THE NEED FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED LANDSCAPE ENGINEERS IN ALL STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS IS STRESSED. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

Vol 24, pp 157-166, 8 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01490402

Authors:

Neale, H J

Editors:

Crum, Roy W
Burggraf, Fred

Publication Date:

1945 (approximate)

Serial:

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Volume: 24
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Grading

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 13 1971 12:00AM