CHARACTERISTICS OF CARRIAGEWAY SURFACING

The aim of this paper is to define what the user requires of road surfacings and to indicate how these requirements can be met with the different forms of surfacing available. The properties considered are riding quality, resistance to skidding, visibility, noise and splash and spray. Standards are now available by which the riding quality and resistance to skidding can be assessed. It is also now possible to determine when and by how much particular roads need to be strengthened so that they can continue to carry the traffic loads offered. There is thus the prospect of moving towards uniform standards of road maintenance in which funds available are used in the most economical way to meet users' NEEDS. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Standards for Modern Highways National Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Highway Engineers

  14 Queen Anne's Gate
  London SW1,   England 

  Institution of Highway Engineers

  14 Queen Anne's Gate
  London SW1,   England 
• Authors:
  • MILLARD, R S
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Standards for Modern Highways National Conference.
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 20-29

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Chemical sprays; Costs; Durability; Highway maintenance; Needs assessment; Pavement surface course; Riding qualities; Skid resistance; Smoothness; Sound; Splashing; Strength of materials; Structural strengthening; Surfacing; Texture; Traffic loads; Traffic noise; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Spray control; User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Splash
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 5440: Contact (tyre road); 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 5910: Durability; 3071: Evenness; 3847: Maintenance; 3031: Skid resistance; 6748: Sound; 177: Specifications; 9146: Spray (veh); 3096: Strengthening (pavement); 3053: Surface texture; 2972: Surfacing; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096976
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1975 12:00AM