Reconstructing the Michigan State Police (MSP) Test Tracks to Enable Evaluation of Advanced Traffic and Pavement Engineering Concepts

Current conditions at the Michigan State Police (MSP) Test Track Facility were examined for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility of reconstructing, improving, and adding other functionalities to the facility. Issues related to pavement, drainage, widening of tracks, adding traffic control equipment, lighting of tracks, adding a gravel road section, and adding other road features that are typically encountered in urban areas. The study determined what should be done to maximize the benefits of the track to MSP and to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). MDOT could use the track for evaluation and testing of some traffic control and/ore detection technologies. Drainage appears to be a serious issue. Its remediation is necessary before proceeding to other issues. Estimates of costs for most of the necessary work has been attempted but the cost estimate for the most pressing issue, drainage, could not be completed as many of the necessary pieces of information for cost assessment can only be collected as part of a detailed and more comprehensive study on drainage problems and an elevation survey of different points, especially those for the water outlets.

• Record URL:
  • https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/SpecProv/getDocumentById.htm?docGuid=292f0e61-7236-4ada-8f4f-daafc69323c6
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• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824-1226
• Authors:
  • Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan
  • Dion, Francois
  • Chatti, Karim
  • Maleck, Thomas
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 27p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Lane changing; Pavement design; Reconstruction; Street lighting; Test tracks; Traffic control devices; Traffic engineering
• Candidate Terms: Crosswalk warning lights
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01115797
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: RE-1496
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 29 2008 8:07AM