THE 5 YEAR PROGRAMME FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE M1 MOTORWAY IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

The original M1 motorway in Northamptonshire was opened in 1959. The volume and weight of traffic on this section of the M1 has considerably exceeded early expectations and to date, five times the original design load has been carried with minimal structural maintenance. The hard shoulders were of insufficient strength to take traffic, and careful planning and programming has been required to reconstruct/strengthen this very heavily trafficked 20 mile stretch of motorway. The report describes both the old and the new pavement construction, how the traffic has been dealt with for the variety of work carried out, the problems of accidents, and the effect upon the motorway service areas and on the areas surrounding the motorway and its diversion routes. The paper describes how and why recent developments in maintenance works have taken place. For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 286701. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Highway Construction and Maintenance. Proceedings of Seminar P held at the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, University of Sussex, England, 15-18 July 1985, Volume P271.
• Corporate Authors:

  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

  110 Strand
  London WC2,   England 
• Authors:
  • Sherwood, J A
• Conference:
  • Planning & Transport Res & Comp, Sum Ann Mtg, Proc
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 91-102

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Reconstruction; Road construction; Strength of materials; Structural strengthening; Traffic diversion; Work zone traffic control
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2914: Central reserve; 8525: Conference; 3628: Construction site; 2937: Drainage; 2916: Hard shoulder; 2752: Motorway; 3635: Repair; 3665: Road construction; 5544: Strength (mater); 3096: Strengthening (pavement); 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462713
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM