DRAINAGE PRACTICES IN THE NORTHEASTERN STATES
This paper compares the practices of the Northeastern states--Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey--with regard to drainage. Problems in the Northeast have been primarily paving problems on fills. A brief summary of eight drainage items in the Northeast is presented: compaction of the filter material is required in practically all cases; perforations are placed both up and down; underdrains are located anywhere from the edge of the pavement, to beyond the edge of the shoulder; it is difficult to identify whether the primary purpose of a typical section is to control groundwater or act as an underdrain for the pavement section; it is, perhaps, expected that a drain is supposed to serve both functions and that the two separate problems are not recognized to exist; it appears that virtually every state is sealing-off the underdrain with their first layer of subbase; only one state has a program of maintaining underdrain systems by flushing them on a routine bases; and it is seldom that rational design is used in the design of a drainage system.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was presented at two 1973 workshops on Water in Pavements sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, held in Albany, New York, and Des Moines, Iowa.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Research, Development, Engineering and Highway Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Waidelich, W C
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1973
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 165-174
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Drainage practices; Fills; Filter fabric; Groundwater; Infiltration; Pavements; Sealing (Technology); Subbase (Pavements); Subdrains; Water
- Geographic Terms: Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; Northeastern United States; Rhode Island; Vermont
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00792250
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: May 3 2000 12:00AM