SMART SALTING: A WINTER MAINTENANCE STRATEGY 1995

Smart Salting was tested for use by the Vermont Agency of Transportation during the winter of 1993-1994 as part of their snow and ice control plan. Essentially, Smart Salting is a combination anti-icing/deicing strategy where the winter maintenance crews (1) measure pavement temperatures before and during a storm by infrared sensors mounted on supervisor vehicles and (2) determine salt application rates based upon the relationship between pavement temperature, the melting capacity of salt and the estimated thickness of ice/snow on the pavement. The test was conducted in central Vermont and resulted in less salt use and safer winter road conditions when compared to previous experience. This report describes the Smart Salting project.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Color illustrations and graphs.
• Corporate Authors:

  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  1333 State Street, State Administration Building
  Montpelier, VT  United States  05633
• Authors:
  • Lawson, M W
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing; Deicing chemicals; Infrared detectors; Pavements; Snow and ice control; Snow removal; Temperature measurement; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Vermont
• Old TRIS Terms: Salt application rates
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00735895
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 1 1997 12:00AM