STUDDED TIRE WEAR IN MONTANA

In the autumn of 1971, the Department of Highways began an evaluation of the effect of studded tire usage on Montana pavement surfaces. During winters of 1972 and 1973, approximately forty-five percent of Montana drivers used studded tires. Pavement surfaces are ice or snow packed during the worst winter months approximately 30% of the time. On high type bituminous concrete pavement the average wear for a two year period was less than 1/16 inches or a 1/2 inch of wear in approximately 20 years. It would appear that because of relatively light traffic volumes, studded tire wear does not significantly increase costs of maintaining Montana's pavement surfaces.

• Corporate Authors:

  Montana Department of Highways

  Materials Bureau, 2701 Prospect Avenue
  Helena, MT  United States  59620

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Miller, E C
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Asphalt concrete; Costs; Data collection; Durability; Equipment tests; Evaluation; Highways; Ice; Legislation; Location; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Pavements; Research; Snow; Statistics; Studded tires; Studs; Surface course (Pavements); Surveys; Texture; Time; Tires; Traffic; Traffic volume; Wear; Winter
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites; Cost analysis; Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: Montana
• Old TRIS Terms: Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143961
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Research Study-7923 Final Rpt., FHWA/RD/M-0297
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1977 12:00AM