COMPREHENSIVE HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE STUDY

THIS REPORT COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR THE FORCE-ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IN DIVISION R, N.C. ON A FUNCTIONAL BASIS, AND INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE COLLECTED DATA. FINDINGS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: 1. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES WAS 50%, 25%, 25% FOR LABOR, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THIS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY AMONG DEPARTMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS. 2. TWENTY-EIGHT FUNCTIONS, OUT OF 78, ACCOUNTED FOR 90% OF EXPENDITURES. THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE WAS CONSISTANT WITH MOST STATES. 3. MAINTENANCE COST BY HIGHWAY SYSTEM FOR INTERSTATE, PRIMARY, AND SECONDARY-BY LANE-MILE: $1,068, $1,012, $0,532, BY ROAD-MILE: $4,272, $2,205, $1,067. FOR UNPAVED SECONDARY--$310-$413/LANE-MILE. /NC STATE HWY COMMISSION/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract NC 168-3-BPR2 RPT NO 168-3
• Corporate Authors:

  North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission

  P.O. Box 25201, 1 South Wilmington Street
  Raleigh, NC  United States  27611
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 292 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Labor costs; Maintenance management; Primary highways; Secondary roads
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218090
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 3 1974 12:00AM