HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE - DURING AND AFTER THE FREEZE

The author examines the consequences of the severe winter 1981/82, illustrating the article with photographic evidence of frost damage to road markings, surface dressings, masonry and subgrade and the obscuring of traffic signs by salting spray. Traditional types of damage associated with low temperatures are the failure of impervious surfaces or the failure to control subsoil drainage. A greater investment in structural maintenance throughout normal weather conditions could considerably reduce winter damage; the most vulnerable areas are often the imperfect reinstatements carried out by public utilities. Continuous applications of salt and the process of snow ploughing also produce faults and it is suspected that the aftermath of damage, basic or superficial, has been underestimated in recent years. In order to claim extra revenue for repairs, a task that cannot be carried out accurately, frost damage must be separated from normal deterioration - experience shows that inadequate sums have been paid. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Kinslea Press Limited

  Central Buildings, 24 Southwark Street, London Bridge
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • McAlonan, W S
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 77-80
• Serial:
  • MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
  • Volume: 109
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0263-788X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Deicing chemicals; Drainage; Failure; Frost; Frost damage; Highway maintenance; Loss and damage; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Masonry construction; Road markings; Seal coats; Subgrade (Pavements); Subsoil; Subsurface drainage; Traffic signs; Winter
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 562: Carriageway marking; 224: Cost; 2598: Deicing; 2937: Drainage; 5520: Failure; 2585: Frost; 5278: Frost damage; 3847: Maintenance; 4529: Masonry; 2950: Subgrade; 2930: Subsoil; 2984: Surface dressing; 553: Traffic sign; 8119: United Kingdom; 2575: Winter
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387233
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM