EVALUATION OF FULL WEEKEND CLOSURE STRATEGY FOR HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: I-405 TUKWILA TO FACTORIA

In August 1997, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) adopted a strategy of closing a single direction of freeway over an entire weekend for constructing the overlay on a 5.5-mi (8.85-km) section of I-405. Work was performed over two weekends. Data were collected from field measurements, records, and surveys to assess construction quality, construction costs, and user impacts. Results were compared to historical data from WSDOT and from a National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) synthesis study. Overlay surface smoothness, density, and gradation quality were good, and no difference in consistency was found between night and day paving. Public response from motorists was decidedly positive, while business perceptions were mixed. Traffic simulations indicated that the total closure was preferable to single lane closures over multiple nights. A decision checklist was developed for use in making the closure strategy decision.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/454.1.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/21000/21600/21633/PB99129736.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Transportation Center

  University of Washington, Seattle
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dunston, P S
  • MANNERING, F L
• Publication Date: 1998-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 177 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Data collection; History; Impacts; Interstate highways; Lane closure; Quality of work; Reconstruction; Weekends
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field data; Single direction highway closure
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; History; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760449
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WA-RD 454.1,, Research Report
• Contract Numbers: T9903, Task 81
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 11 1999 12:00AM