ROAD DESIGN MANUAL: THE BEGINNING
The paper discusses an approach taken in Michigan to a problem caused by a combination of vastly increased demands for road construction and the difficulties incurred by the interstate highway system documentation and tight specification requirements. This presentation explains the procedure followed by a subcommittee of the Michigan County Road Association in attempting to provide a design procedure that would correlate concrete and asphalt designs, utilize local materials, all with reasonable controls and costs. The result was the "Road Design Manual" and the start of a common design language.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the American Concrete Institute Annual Meeting: Roadways and Airport Pavements, San Francisco, California, March 30-April 5, 1974.
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Corporate Authors:
P.O. Box 19150, Redford Station, 22400 Seven Mile Road
Detroit, MI United States 48219 -
Authors:
- Balfour, W C
- Publication Date: 1975
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 27-32
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Serial:
- Publication of: Road Traffic Safety Research Council, New Zealand
- Publisher: Road Traffic Safety Research Council, New Zealand
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt; Building materials; Concrete; Costs; Design; Documents; Flexible pavements; Highway design; Manuals; Pavement design; Pavements; Rigid pavements; Road construction; Roads; Specifications; Structural design
- Uncontrolled Terms: Documentation
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00165204
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: SP51-3 Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM