AN INTEGRATED PAVEMENT DATA MANAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM (PAMS) - EVALUATION OF PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING

This report described an evaluation of a method for use in the Highway Needs Study pavement condition rating. The methods by which the Department generates and manages pavement condition data in the overall process of providing a network of highways for the traveling public were reviewed. Eighteen projects were selected from a three-district area for rating purposes. The projects selected consisted of six rigid (joint concrete) pavements, six composite pavements and six flexible (asphalt-surfaced) pavements. The various projects were rated by conducting Mays Ride Meter tests and by subjective evaluation of pavement distress. The evaluation, through visual inspection, included the notation of distress type, severity and extent. The report relates that the method evaluated is valid, practical, quick and safe for use in an inventory mode. (Author)

Corporate Authors:
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Research and Development Section, P.O. Box 94245 Capitol Station
Baton Rouge, LA United States 70804-9425

Federal Highway Administration

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590
Authors:
- Shah, S C
- Hirschmnann, J J
- McGee, E O
Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Composite pavements; Data analysis; Data management; Defects; Flexible pavements; Information processing; Mathematical analysis; Pavement distress; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Pavements; Rigid pavements
Old TRIS Terms: Pavement serviceability ratings
Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00394755
Record Type: Publication
Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-LA-84-171 Intrm Rpt.
Contract Numbers: Study 79-16
Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM