DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EVALUATION OF WEST VIRGINIA'S FIRST FREE-DRAINING PAVEMENT SYSTEM

The adverse effects of entrapped water within the various components of a pavement system are generally accepted and well-known. In an effort to reduce, if not eliminate, the detriment of the entrapped water, the West Virginia Department of Highways constructed its first project using the free-draining concept in the summer of 1982. The project chosen for experimentation involved over 5 mi of four-lane divided highway. Incorporated in this full-depth asphaltic pavement is a 4-in. bituminous, stabilized, open-graded base course which is connected to the surface drainage by numerous aggregate-filled fabric underdrains. This paper discusses the design considerations given this project, the construction sequence used, and the evaluation of the pavement system after 4.5 yr of service.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1159, Prefabricated Vertical Drains and Pavement Drainage Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Baldwin, J S
  • Long, D C
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1-6
• Monograph Title: Prefabricated vertical drains and pavement drainage systems
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1159
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Drainage; Fabrics; Full-depth asphalt pavements; Open graded aggregates; Pavement base course; Pavement design; Paving; Performance evaluations; Subdrains
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478083
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309046688
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 31 1988 12:00AM