VEHICLE SHOULDER ENCROACHMENT AND LATERAL PLACEMENT STUDY
This study compares the number and extent of freeway and expressway shoulder encroachments by large trucks on standard width and wider concrete pavements with bituminous shoulders. A total of 486 trucks were trailed a total of 3,241 miles under fair weather daylight conditions. Fewer pavement edge loads and bituminous shoulder loads occurred on the wider pavements.
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Corporate Authors:
Cornell University Medical College
1300 York Avenue
New York, NY United States 14592Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Canner Jr, R M
- Hale, Jamie
- Publication Date: 1980-7
Media Info
- Pagination: 20 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bitumen; Concrete pavements; Frequency distributions; Heavy vehicles; Loads; Right of way (Land); Road shoulders; Structural design; Trucks; Wheels; Width
- Old TRIS Terms: Encroachments
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00343048
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: SPEC INVEST-333 Final Rpt., FHWA/MN-80/6
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM