GRASS GROWTH RETARDANT

OBSERVATIONS OF THE RESULTS OF GRASS GROWTH RETARDANT APPLICATIONS AT VARIOUS FREEWAY LOCATIONS ARE REVIEWED. THE INVESTIGATION WAS PLANNED IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND AN ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVE TO COSTLY MOWING IN INACCESSIBLE AREAS SUCH AS AROUND GUARD RAILS, ON STEEP SLOPES, ETC., AND TO REDUCE HAZARDS ON HIGHWAYS CAUSED BY MEN AND EQUIPMENT ENGAGED IN MOWING OPERATIONS. THE PROJECTS ARE OUTLINED, MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT IS DESCRIBED AND PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THE LOCATIONS ARE PRESENTED. THE RESULTS ARE EVALUATED AND SUMMARIZED.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration Special Report

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• Authors:
  • Zavoral, J R
  • Lookatch
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 27-32
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Lab Ensayo Mat & Invest /Argentina/
  • Publisher: Lab Ensayo Materiales e Investigaciones Tecnol

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic factors; Equipment; Evaluation; Grasses; Materials; Photographs; Retarders (Chemistry); Roadside; Urban growth; Vegetation
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219077
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Spec Rept
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM