FRENCH STRATEGY FOR PREVENTIVE ROAD MAINTENANCE: WHY AND HOW?

The French national road network, which is 28,000 km long, is subject to heavy traffic, sometimes under difficult climatic conditions. An ambitious policy for rehabilitating this network has been in effect since 1969, and since 1972 a preventive maintenance strategy has been applied. In this paper are described the reasons that led to that choice of strategy, and figures drawn from 15 years of experience are supplied. The preventive maintenance system includes a rigorous follow-up study of pavement behavior based on data obtained with powerful measuring devices. The Road Data Bank collects and processes the data, and information is made available in a technical guide to ensure coherent implementation of the selected strategy.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1183, Systematic Approach to Maintenance. 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:
  • Batac, Gilbert
  • Ray, Michel
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 22-34
• Monograph Title: Systematic approach to maintenance
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1183
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance management; Preventive maintenance
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategy
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486162
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309047234
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM