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DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNED MANAGEMENT ROADSIDE DESIGN FOR URBAN HIGHWAYS IN ILLINOIS

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00605569

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Abstract:

Roadsides on the urban expressway system were originally designed as parkways requiring intensive management for their upkeep. When the ability to perform those management practices was drastically reduced because of economics, fuel shortages, and other factors, the approach to roadside design had to be totally reevaluated. As a result of that reevaluation, planned-management roadside design, a maintenance-based design approach, was developed. This concept used landscape and turf design based on preplanned management of each portion of the right-of-way. Salt-resistant turf, native grasses, forbs, native trees, and shrubs were extensively used in the implementation of this concept. The goals of planned-management roadside design include reduced construction costs, reduced maintenance efforts, and improved public acceptance.

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This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1279, Hydrology and Environmental Design 1990. 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 #:

01411034

Authors:

Gouveia, Charles H

Pagination:

p. 75-78

Publication Date:

1990

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1279
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309050650

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Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Design; Environment; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure

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TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 31 1991 12:00AM

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