Amount of Bituminous Surface Lost Each Year
Bituminous pavement surfaces are flexible in nature, which provides advantages such as cost, ride quality, and safety. However, their flexible and softer nature also leads to degradation as a result of winter maintenance (mainly snow plowing), heavy traffic, and environmental conditions. As of yet, these effects are not well quantified, resulting in an opportunity to better optimize maintenance and operations activities if better quantification is achieved. This project will focus on performing a review of existing knowledge and practice (including literature review and agency surveys) related to bituminous surface loss, followed by field measurements in at least three environmental regions of Minnesota and on roads of varying traffic levels. The goal will be to isolate the effects of climate, snowplow hits, and traffic levels to determine how each contributes to bituminous surface degradation. The research will specifically focus on rumble strips and recessed pavement markings, although care will be taken to observe the effects on general pavement surface as well. This will assist Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) with improving asset management by considering the factors that degrade these surface safety measures in terms of maintenance and rehabilitation plans.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $ 188818
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Contract Numbers:
1036341 WO#6
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Sponsor Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 -
Managing Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1406 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL United States 61801 -
Principal Investigators:
Haji, Ramez
- Start Date: 20240828
- Expected Completion Date: 20261130
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asset management; Bituminous concrete pavements; Pavement distress; Surface course (Pavements); Traffic loads; Winter maintenance
- Geographic Terms: Minnesota
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01929247
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 1036341 WO#6
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 30 2024 10:15AM