DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY OF A MOBILE OVERPASS ROAD REPAIR VEHICLE, MORV

THE PROBLEM OF REPAIRING MULTI-LANE, HIGH-DENSITY EXPRESSWAYS WITHOUT DISRUPTING NORMAL TRAFFIC FLOW IS DISCUSSED. STATISTICAL DOCUMENTATION ILLUSTRATES LOSSES IN VEHICLE-HOURS AND COSTS TO BOTH CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND HIGHWAY USERS FROM INTERRUPTIONS IN HIGHWAY CAPACITY DURING REPAIR WORK. THE REPORT ALSO OUTLINES GUIDELINES AND A DESIGN PROFILE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE OVERPASS ROAD REPAIR VEHICLE (MORV) HARDWARE. THE LATTER INCLUDES: APPLICABILITY OF THE DESIGN TO ELEVATED AND CURVED ROADWAYS, VERSATILITY OF THE DESIGN IN REPAVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROADWAY SURFACES, SIMPLICITY OF MOBILITY, ETC. A DESIGN ALGORITHM FOR EVALUATING RESEARCH INFORMATION IS PROPOSED: THE VEHICLE IS MODULAR, DESIGNED AS AN OVERPASS RAMP, TO PERMIT TRAFFIC TO DRIVE OVER A HIGHWAY REPAIR SITE. REPAIR MACHINERY WOULD BE CONTAINED BENEATH ITS ELEVATED RAMP STRUCTURE AND WOULD INCLUDE OFF-ROAD TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT. /UMTA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROJ NO URT-20
• Corporate Authors:

  Iit Research Institute

  /Institute of Design
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Choksi, N S
  • Feldy, E C
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Feasibility analysis; Highway capacity; Overpasses; Repairing; Roadbuilding machinery; Statistics; Traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Repairs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219012
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 7 1972 12:00AM