Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices. Topic 54-18. Wintertime Pavement Maintenance Practices

Pavement maintenance is broadly classified into two categories: proactive and reactive. Proactive maintenance describes actions that are programmed to occur at a convenient time in terms of weather conditions, traffic, availability of personnel and equipment, or combinations thereof. The need for reactive maintenance, on the other hand, can occur at any time. Maintenance needs that arise during winter in adverse conditions but that nevertheless must be completed to maintain the safety and serviceability of roadways may be particularly challenging. The objective of this synthesis is to document current practice by state departments of transportation (DOTs) for reactive wintertime maintenance. Information for this study was gathered through a literature review, a survey of state DOTs, and follow-up interviews with selected DOTs. Case examples of four state DOTs provide additional information on wintertime maintenance activities. Christine Kline and Susan Johnson of CTC & Associates LLC collected and synthesized the information and wrote the report. This Synthesis is an immediately useful document that records practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. 

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5301
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Completed report can be found at NCHRP Synthesis Report 623.

Language

• English

Project

• Funding: $55000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-05, Topic 54-18

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Gause, Jo

• Performing Organizations:

  CTC & Associates LLC

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• Principal Investigators:

  Kline, Chris

• Start Date: 20220429
• Expected Completion Date: 20240419
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Pavement maintenance; State departments of transportation; Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01845577
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-05, Topic 54-18
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 17 2022 6:07PM