SUMMARIZED COMMITTEE REPORT 1948-1960: SALVAGING OLD PAVEMENTS BY RESURFACING

RECOGNIZING THAT THE SALVAGE OF OLD PAVEMENTS WAS A NATIONAL PROBLEM, THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF MAINTENANCE, ORGANIZED A COMMITTEE IN 1948 TO ASSEMBLE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO PREVAILING PRACTICES TO THOSE AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH SUCH WORK. THE FIRST PHASE OF COMMITTEE STUDY WAS TO ASSEMBLE INFORMATION REGARDING PRACTICES IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY IN VOGUE FROM 1948 THROUGH 1951, AND WAS TERMINATED WITH THE PUBLICATION OF HRB BULLETIN 47. THE SCOPE OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITY WAS THEN EXPANDED TO KEEP ABREAST OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PRACTICES, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE SALVAGE OF BOTH RIGID- AND FLEXIBLE-TYPE PAVEMENTS. TO THIS END, THE COMMITTEE HAS ENCOURAGED THE PRESENTATION OF PAPERS COVERING EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND NEW METHODS AND MEANS TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF SALVAGED PAVEMENTS, AND HAS PUBLISHED REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRES DEALING WITH SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF SUCH WORK. THIS PAPER COVERS BRIEFLY WHAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK, COMPLETED OR IN PROGRESS BY RESEARCH AGENCIES OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AS REPORTED TO THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/290/290-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 290, pp 1-14, 11 REF. 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.
• Authors:
  • Gould, Vernon G
• Conference:
  • 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
• Publication Date: 1961

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: Developments in salvaging old pavements by resurfacing
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 290
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Experimental roads; Pavement design; Pavement maintenance; Paving; Resurfacing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218381
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 14 1994 12:00AM