A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CONCRETE ROADWAYS IN VIRGINIA. PHASE I: CONDITION RATINGS. FINAL REPORT

This report traces the development of a rating system proposed by the author and reviewed by a subcommittee of the Pavement Management Research Advisory Committee for use in evaluating the service condition of Virginia's portland cement concrete pavements. The service condition is assessed in terms of distress roughness, i.e., that portion of a pavement's poor ride characteristics directly attributable to the occurrence of certain key distress types. The key distresses identified for jointed concrete pavements are permanent patching, lane/shoulder separation, transverse joint faulting, transverse joint seal damage, and scaling, map cracking, or crazing. For continuously reinforced pavements, spacing of transverse cracks, lane/shoulder separation, and scaling, map cracking, or crazing were identified. Field surveys of the occurrence of these distresses provided the necessary data for estimating distress roughness through the use of prediction equations that have been established from the standard statistical analysis of pavement section distress data and roughness measurements. The use of distress roughness to reflect a pavement's service condition provides a common basis for comparison of pavement sections. This, in turn, enables managers to set priorities for pavement rehabilitation. These rating procedures and a comprehensive system for managing portland cement concrete pavements will be implemented in a subsequent project.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19220
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903

  Virginia Department of Highways

  Traffic and Planning Division, 1221 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Long Jr, R R
• Publication Date: 1988-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Block cracking; Concrete pavements; Condition surveys; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Defects; Driver rehabilitation; Equations; Estimating; Faulting; Field studies; Joint sealers; Loss and damage; Patching; Pavement distress; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Pavements; Roughness; Strategic planning; Transverse joints; Types of cracking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crazing; Field data; Rehabilitation; Scaling
• Old TRIS Terms: Lane/shoulder separation; Pavement serviceability ratings
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468699
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/VA-88/21, VTRC 88-R21
• Contract Numbers: 2348
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM