EROSION CONTROL - DESIGN

EROSION OF HIGHWAYS, ROADSIDES, AND CONTIGUOUS LAND AREAS INVOLVES NOT ONLY A STUDY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE AREAS BY SURFACE WATER, WIND, AND TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO A STUDY OF SUBSURFACE WATER AND SOILS CHARACTERISTICS. THE DESIRED OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE INTENTIONAL PHYSICAL CONTROL, AT ALL TIMES, OF FALLING, SEEPING, AND FLOWING WATER. SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO THIS CONTROL ARE DISCUSSED UNDER THE TOPICAL HEADINGS: SOIL, STANDARD GUTTER SECTION, CURBING CONTROL, SOIL MAP FACTORS, SUBSURFACE WATER, SOIL ANALYSIS, CONTROL METHODS, WASTEFULNESS OF BACKSLOPE SANDPAPERING, SLOPE GRADING AND TREATMENT, CLASSIFICATION OF OPERATIONS AS TO SEASONAL AND NONSEASONAL, CHECK DAMS, DIVERSION DITCHES, AND GULLY EROSION.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/HRBRoadsideDevComRpts/1937/1937-008.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 23-27, 1 TAB. 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:
  • Brown, V J
• Publication Date: 1938-3

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Roadside Development Committee Reports
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Drainage; Drainage structures; Erosion; Erosion control; Roadside; Slopes; Soils; Subsurface drainage; Surface drainage
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204874
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: pp 1-6
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 17 1972 12:00AM