Best Practices for Pavement Restoration of Open Cut Utility Installations/Repairs on Local Roadways in Ohio

Local public agencies often face the challenge of repairing their pavements after the installation or repair of subsurface utilities in the roadway. While minimizing the need to disturb the in-service pavements through advanced planning and coordination with other planned roadway work is ideal, open utility cuts are often unavoidable. The performance of a repair is influenced by a number of factors such as backfill materials, compaction of the backfill, season in which it was completed, and compaction of the asphalt surface.The primary objective of this research was to identify the best practices for pavement restoration of open cut utility installation on local roads in urban areas to ensure low cost and long-term performance. As part of this study, a literature review was completed, local agencies across Ohio and surrounding states were surveyed to collect information pertaining to current practices for pavement restoration of open utility cuts, and follow up interviews were conducted with local transportation officials in Ohio to gather additional information related to their standards and practices, and field sites were visited to select sites for detailed evaluation. A field and laboratory evaluation was conducted on three poor performing repairs and three good performing repairs in each of three cities in Ohio: Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton. A matrix of best practices was developed which identifies best practices as defined by the literature, local transportation agency officials, and identified from field evaluations.

• Record URL:
  https://cdm16007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p267401ccp2/id/17925
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61536
• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66260
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment (ORITE)

  Ohio University
  Athens, Ohio  United States 

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Columbus, OH  United States  43216-0899

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Robbins, Mary
  • 0000-0002-3394-8602
  • Green, Roger R
  • 0000-0003-2497-825X
  • Masada, Teruhisa
  • 0000-0002-3312-3037
  • Redinger, Dane
  • 0000-0003-3334-6377
• Publication Date: 2019-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 319p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Field studies; Laboratory studies; Literature reviews; Open cut excavation; Repairing; State of the practice; Surveys; Underground utility lines; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01716079
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/OH-2019/16
• Contract Numbers: State Job No. 135520
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 13 2019 9:44AM