Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices

Administrators, practicing engineers, and researchers continually face highway problems on which much information already exists, either in documented form or in terms of undocumented experience and practice. Unfortunately, this information is often fragmented, scattered, and under evaluated. Often it is unknown to the person normally responsible for initiating changes related to the topic (changes in specifications, procedures, etc.). As a consequence, full information on what has been learned about a valuable experience may be overlooked, and due consideration may not be given to recommended practices for solving or alleviating the problem. Objective: In this project, particular highway problems, or sets of closely related problems, are designated as topics for information synthesis. For each topic the project objectives are as follows: (1) locate and assemble documented information; (2) learn what engineering practice has been used for solving or alleviating the problem; (3) identify all ongoing research; (4) learn what problems remain largely unsolved; (5) organize, evaluate, and document the useful information that is acquired; and (6) evaluate the effectiveness of the synthesis after it has been in the hands of its users for a period of time.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=507
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Over thousand syntheses of highway practice have been prepared and published under this project thus far. They are available on the TRB Website and at the TRB Bookstore.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $Continuing
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-05

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Irvin, Deborah

• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Start Date: 19671215
• Expected Completion Date: 20280914
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Highway planning; Information management; Information retrieval; Road construction
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01970476
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-05
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 5 2025 3:56PM