THE ILLINOIS SYSTEM OF EVALUATING NEW HIGHWAY PRODUCTS, MATERIALS AND PROCESSES

THE ILLINOIS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS HAS DEVELOPED A NEW SYSTEM TO IMPROVE AND ACCELERATE THE FLOW OF NEW PRODUCTS, MATERIALS, AND PROCESSES INTO PRACTICAL HIGHWAY USE. THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED TO ADVISE THE CHIEF HIGHWAY ENGINEER WITH REGARD TO THE SEEKING OUT AND MAKING USE OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THE PRODUCTS EVALUATION UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF NEW PRODUCTS, MATERIALS, AND PROCESSES. FOLLOWING REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF A NEW ITEM, THE COUNCIL MAKES ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS' IMMEDIATE ADOPTION, FIELD OR LABORATORY INVESTIGATION, ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND STUDY BY DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, FULL-SCALE RESEARCH, REFERENCE TO VENDOR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, REJECTION.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrnews/hr-news-27-02.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 27, pp 52-55, 1 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Burke, J E
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 52-55
• Serial:
  • Highway Research News
  • Issue Number: 27

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Evaluation; Highway operations; Highways; Materials; Methodology; Products; Road construction; Systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway administration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00200188
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1994 12:00AM