MODIFICATION CONSTRUCTION AND INSTRUMENTATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL HIGHWAY

Recognizing the need for a capability of rapidly evaluating new designs, materials, construction techniques, and loading conditions, The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, has created the Pennsylvania Transportation Research Facility. The facility is a single-lane, oval shaped, fullsize experimental highway one mile in length. One major attribute of the facility is its ability to accommodate research which is cyclic in nature. The original facility, completed in 1972 as a portion of PennDOT Research Project 71-1, consisted of 17 test sections and was used to perform a comparative evaluation of four base course materials currently used by PennDOT. This report is a documentary of the construction and instrumentation for the second cycle of research (PennDOT Research PRoject 75-2). This construction and instrumentation was the first major activity of the second cycle and replaced four of the original test sections with eight shorter sections. The result was a modified research facility consisting of 21 test sections which will enable accomplishment of the second cycle research objectives. /Author/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/ResearchProj752
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Pennsylvania DOT and Conducted in cooperation with U.S. DOT, Federal Highway Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802
• Authors:
  • Kilareski, W P
  • Cumberledge, G
  • Kutz, S A
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Experiments; Highway design; Instrumentation; Loads; Road construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00176774
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• ISBN: Research Proj 75-2
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PA-RD-75-2-1 Intrm Rpt., FCP 45C3252
• Contract Numbers: PennDOT Res Proj75-2
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 14 1978 12:00AM