REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES

DRAINAGE PRACTICES ARE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT IN HUMID REGIONS WHERE VEGETATION CAN BE RELIED UPON TO CONTROL EROSION, AS COMPARED WITH THOSE IN DRY REGIONS WHERE VEGETATION CAN ONLY BE ESTABLISHED WITH DIFFICULTY. IN REGIONS OF DEFICIENT RAINFALL, THE EMPHASIS IS ON KEEPING WATER AWAY FROM HIGHWAYS. IN BOTH HUMID AND DRY REGIONS, WATER SHOULD BE DISCHARGED FROM THE HIGHWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT SHOULD NOT CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BELOW THE HIGHWAY. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/23/23-024.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 23, pp 264-266, 2 PHOT. 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, C F
• Publication Date: 1944

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois November 27-30, 1943
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 23
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climatic regions; Drainage; Drainage structures; Dryness; Erosion control; Humidity; Rainfall; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dry conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Humid areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204354
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM