EVALUATION OF EXISTING AGGREGATE ROADS TO DETERMINE SUITABILITY FOR RESURFACING

A major problem of counties in the United States is maintenance costs for local roads in an energy shrinking environment and under constraints that result from reduced revenues for maintenance. Many local roads have been built in the United States over the past century. In some cases these are largely nonsurfaced aggregate roads. On the county and state level, major construction of local roads is largely complete in the United States, but increased traffic has resulted in a need to upgrade many of these roads, particularly those near metropolitan areas. Increased truck traffic on many of these roads has caused considerable distress with resulting rising maintenance costs. There is a need to evaluate these roads to determine whether they are suitable for upgrading. Often a gravel surface that is satisfactory without a bituminous-wearing course becomes water logged and unsuitable after paving. This paper discusses concepts for evaluating existing nonsurfaced roads with the end point of determining suitability for placing a surface. Emphasis is placed on field tests that can be made to evaluate the in situ strengths of existing roads. Rapid tests that might be used for evaluation are discussed. These tests include the use of penetrometers and impact tests. Use of deflection measurements in evaluating nonsurfaced roads is presented. The advantages of performing a large number of tests by using quick and simplified methods are discussed. Location and types of tests that should be made are discussed. Methods for analyzing these data, including quantity and quality requirements, and recommendations that might be made for upgrading the surface are also presented. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Yoder, Eldon J
  • SHURIG, D G
  • Colucci-Rios, Benjamin
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-7
• Monograph Title: DESIGN AND UPGRADING OF SURFACING AND OTHER ASPECTS OF LOW-VOLUME ROADS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 875
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous materials; Deflection; Field tests; Gravel roads; Highway planning; Resurfacing; Strength of materials; Surface treating; Traffic loads; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Field measurements
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surfacing
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371734
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309034620
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 169
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM