EFFECTS OF STUDDED TIRES

A RESEARCH SUMMARY REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE, AND SUPPORTED IN PART BY EIGHT OTHER STATES. STUDDED TIRES HAVE DAMAGED HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS BY ABRADING SURFACES AND PRODUCING TROUGHS IN THE WHEEL TRACKS OF THE TRAFFIC LANES. THE DEGREE OF WEAR IS PROPORTIONAL TO TRAFFIC VOLUME SO THAT THE GREATEST WEAR IS OBSERVED ON HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-VOLUME ROADWAYS. THE WEAR IS SUFFICIENT TO REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL EXPENDITURES FOR INTERMEDIATE SURFACE REPAIR BEFORE PAVEMENTS WILL HAVE FULFILLED THEIR NORMAL SERVICE LIFE. THE LABORATORY TESTS DISCLOSED THAT SAND AND SALT IN THE PRESENCE OF STUDDED TIRES CONTRIBUTED SOME WEAR TO SPECIMEN PAVEMENTS, BUT VIRTUALLY NO WEAR WAS OBSERVED WHEN SAND AND SALT WERE USED IN THE PRESENCE OF UNSTUDDED TIRES. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Highways

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• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Defects; Pavement distress; Pavements; Repairing; Studded tires; Wear
• Uncontrolled Terms: Repairs
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207379
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 47pp
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 25 1971 12:00AM