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Title: NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROCK SLOPE RATING PROCEDURE AND ROCKFALL ASSESSMENT
Accession Number: 00930567
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The New York State Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Geotechnical Engineering Bureau has significant responsibilities in the field of rock and soil mechanics. Not the least of these is minimizing rockfalls and landslides and quickly responding when they occur. The Geotechnical Engineering Bureau has a long history of gathering and managing information about rock and soil slopes to anticipate needs and allocate resources. In 1988, the New York State DOT began to maintain rock slope, earth slope, and rockfall databases. Potential rockfall sites were identified and evaluated according to procedures presented by the Federal Highway Administration. In 1992, the New York State DOT devised its own rock slope rating system. To date, more than 2,800 rock slopes have been evaluated using the New York State DOT rating procedures. In addition, more than 475 rockfall incidents have been cataloged and incorporated into the New York State DOT databases. These databases have been integrated into a geographic information system environment.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1786, Geology and Properties of Earth Materials 2002.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Hadjin, D JPagination: p. 60-68
Publication Date: 2002
Serial: ISBN: 0309077117
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I43: Rock Mechanics
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Sep 18 2002 12:00AM
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