WIDER PAVEMENT CONTRIBUTES TO DURABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND RATIONAL MAINTENANCE. WORKING DAYS ON ROAD ENGINEERING 1990, PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD IN EDE, THE NETHERLANDS, MAY 9-10, 1990. PART 1

BREDERE VERHARDING LEVERT BIJDRAGE AAN DUURZAAMHEID CONSTRUCTIE EN RATIONEEL ONDERHOUD

This contribution advocates the application of a wider carriageway pavement than is strictly necessary for traffic engineering requirements. On the one hand this extra width can increase the maintenance possibilities, which, among other things, serves to decrease the amount of night work. On the other hand, the possibility of a better spreading of the traffic load on the pavement can be obtained, which prolongs the life cycle of the pavement. On the basis of a cost-benefit analysis it turns out that the savings on maintenance costs will compensate for the extra expenditure for constructing wider carriageways. The propositions may also decrease the number of traffic jams (depending on the situation). Evidence to support these propositions is provided with examples of the use of the so-called 4-O-system for a 2x2 carriageway road and of the so-called 5-O-system for a 2x3 carriageway motorway. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 836802. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  CROW

  GALVANISTRAAT 1
  EDE,   Netherlands  NL 6716 AE

  Ministry of Communications, Republic of China

  Highway Research Institute, 12 Bei Huan Xi Lu
  Beijing,   China  100088
• Authors:
  • RIEMENS, P
  • VAN DER HORST, R
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 49-60
• Serial:
  • Publication of: CROW
  • Publisher: CROW

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Durability; Layout; Pavement design; Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Traffic congestion; Traffic mitigation; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase; Mitigation
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement width
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00617149
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 37-I
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1991 12:00AM