ROAD CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AUDIT FOR INTERSTATE RECONSTRUCTION Vol. 1

Traffic control alternatives associated with reconstruction projects on a rural interstate have been investigated in this research. Slab replacement projects, milling/resurfacing projects, and traffic controls in the vicinity of interstate ramps were analyzed. The recommendations obtained from a national focus group assisted in development of the Road Construction Safety Audit (RCSA) process. The RCSA process evaluates the traffic control plan (TCP), traffic control devices and strategies before an interstate work zone is established on the roadway. This process consists of six steps and a series of checklists used in the planning stage of a TCP to contrast interstate work zone traffic control alternatives while considering issues of the roadway and project. Checklists for slab replacement projects, milling/resurfacing projects and traffic control in the vicinity of interstate ramps were developed as part of this research. The key to the RCSA process and checklists is to ensure that major safety considerations of the project have not been overlooked, and alternatives devices and/or strategies have been considered. This report was originally published in two volumes as MPC Report No. 98-98 Volume 1 and Volume 2; both volumes are included in this publication.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=340
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35500
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Wyoming, Laramie

  Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
  1000 East University Avenue
  Laramie, WY  United States  82071

  Wyoming Department of Transportation

  5300 Bishop Boulevard
  Cheyenne, WY  United States  82009-3340

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Bowler, C P
  • Wilson, E M
• Publication Date: 1998-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 172 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Interchange ramps; Interstate highways; Planning; Reconstruction; Rural areas; Safety audits; Work zone traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00780333
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-WY-99/02F,, RS01(198), Job No. T7R3,, Final Report
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 27 2003 12:00AM