THE USE OF SALT FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE OF ROADS IN GREAT BRITAIN
AN ACCOUNT IS PRESENTED OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USE OF SALT WITHOUT GRIT ADMIXTURE FOR WINTER ROAD TREATMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. CONSUMPTION OF SALT HAS RISEN TENFOLD IN THE PAST 12 YEARS. ANTICAKING TREATMENT OF ROCK SALT MADE LARGE-SCALE PREWINTER STOCKING OF SALT A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION SINCE 1956. MOST STOCKS ARE HELD AS OUTDOOR HEAPS WITHOUT PROTECTION FROM RAIN, BUT THERE IS A GROWING INTEREST IN COVERING SUCH STOCKPILES WITH PLASTIC SHEETING. THE PREFERRED GRADE OF ROAD SLAT CONTAINS BOTH FINE AND COARSE PARTICLES, AND MODERN SPREADING EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR SUCH A GRADE. THE RATES OF APPLICATION GENERALLY USED ARE 1/2 OZ PER SQ. YD.FOR PRECAUTIONARY SPREADING BEFORE FROST OR SNOWFALL, 2 OZ ON THIN ICE FILMS, AND 2 OZ PER SQ. YD. REPEATED AS NECESSARY, FOR SNOW TREATMENT. IN RURAL AREAS, PLOWING TO PREVENT ACCUMULATIONS CAUSED BY DRIFTING IS NORMAL WHEN SNOW IS ABOUT 2 IN. DEEP. ON SOME MAIN ROADS, CONSIDERABLY GREATER FALLS OF SNOW THAN THIS ARE DEALT WITH BY THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF SALT AND TRAFFIC . /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Snow and Ice Control and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. 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.
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Authors:
- Willing-denton, E K
- Publication Date: 1969
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 25-32
- Monograph Title: Maintenance practices 1968: performance budgeting, pavement maintenance, and winter maintenance
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 298
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cold weather; Halite; Highway maintenance; Operations; Plastics; Protection; Rural areas; Snowplows; Spreaders
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- Old TRIS Terms: Covering
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00218563
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Mar 9 1970 12:00AM