AESTHETICS OF HIGHWAY DRAINAGE DESIGN

AESTHETIC TREATMENT OF DRAINAGE ON A HIGHWAY MUST COOPERATE WITH NATURE. STORM WATER, ROADSIDE CHANNELS, CULVERTS, HIGH VELOCITY JETS, MEDIAN DRAINAGE AND CROSS- SECTION ARE DISCUSSED. THE MAIN EFFORT SHOULD BE TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION OF NATURAL DRAINAGE WAYS, TO PROVIDE CULVERTS FREQUENTLY SO AS TO AVOID CARRYING STORM WATER LONG DISTANCES, TO USE NATIVE SOD GRASSES WHEREVER POSSIBLE IN DRAINAGE CHANNELS, AND TO FIT THE ROAD TO THE LANDSCAPE.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1967/161/161-007.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Roadside Development and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. 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.
• Authors:
  • Izzard, Carl F
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 54-57
• Monograph Title: Roadside development
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 161
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Culverts; Drainage; Drainage structures; Grasses; Landscape design; Medians; Natural resources; Surface drainage
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sod
• Old TRIS Terms: Drainage systems; Highway drainage
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204083
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 12 1994 12:00AM