ECONOMICAL SNOW-RETENTION METHODS IN PROTECTING ROADS FROM DRIFTS

A METHOD OF COMBINED PROTECTION OF ROADS FROM SNOW DRIFTS BY USING SHIELDS AND TRENCHES IS EXAMINED. USE OF SNOW TRENCHES REDUCES THE NUMBER OF SHIELD REPOSITIONINGS AND THUS SUBSTANTIALLY CUTS SNOW PROTECTION COSTS. ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM USING COMBINED PROTECTION IS SHOWN ON THE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE ROADS IN NOVOSIBIRSKAYA OBLAST. SNOW TRENCHES ARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER KINDS OF PROTECTION: TREE STRIPS, FENCES, AND SO ON. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Trans. /UssR/ NO 89, PP 135-137
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290
• Authors:
  • Kamenskaya, K G
  • Altshuler, Z E
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic benefits; Methodology; Protection; Retaining walls; Roads; Snow; Snowdrifts; Trenches
• Old TRIS Terms: Retaining
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218795
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM