NUMERICAL RATINGS FOR HIGHWAY SECTIONS AS A BASIS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS

A METHOD OF ASSIGNING NUMERICAL RATINGS TO HIGHWAY SECTIONS, TAKING COGNIZANCE OF STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY, SAFENESS, AND SERVICE, AS A BASIS FOR RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES, IS OFFERED. THE RATINGS PROVIDE A MEANS FOR ARRAYING IN ONE SEQUENCE ALL THE SECTIONS OF A GIVEN SYSTEM, WHEN THE SECTIONS VARY IN TRAFFIC IMPORTANCE AND IN ADEQUACY COMPARED TO PRESENT DESIGN STANDARDS. THE METHOD IS BASED ON DEDUCTIVE REASONING TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY EXISTING KNOWLEDGE, BUT ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON JUDGMENT AND TRIAL HAVE BEEN MADE TO BRIDGE THE GAPS IN THE DEDUCTIVE PROCESS. THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING THE BASIC QUALITIES ARE ANALYZED AND WEIGHTS ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH. FORMULAS ARE GIVEN FOR COMPUTING VALUES IN SOME ELEMENTS. A METHOD IS PROPOSED FOR ACCOUNTING FOR TRAFFIC VOLUME PRIORITY. THE METHOD HAS BEEN APPLIED TO 3800 MILES OF THE ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND 1000 MILES OF ARIZONA FOREST HIGHWAY SYSTEM, AND HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A PRACTICAL AND VALUABLE AID IN THE PREPARATION AND SUBSTANTIATING OF CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Moskowitz, Karl
• Conference:
  • 27th Annual Conference of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1947-1-0 to 1947-1-0
• Publication Date: 1948

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 28-39
• Monograph Title: Highway planning
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 17
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction scheduling; Formulas; Numerical analysis; Ratings; Reconstruction; Road construction; Strategic planning; Structural analysis; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural adequacy
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218409
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 21 1994 12:00AM