Develop Best Practices for Temporary Pavement Design and Construction

The research team will develop best practices for the design and construction of detours and traffic handling sections. Detours can be designed as a (i) completely new short-term pavement structure, (ii) by using the existing pavement, for example a traffic shift including the shoulder as part of travel lane, (iii) as part of stage construction, and (iv) as a combination of new, stage, and existing. Premature pavement failures continue to occur on detours during construction. The cost to repair pavement failures on detours can significantly impact the construction budget because repairs are reactionary (not planned), there is limited space to both work, and shift or move traffic within. Traffic estimation for the design of temporary detours can be challenging, and clear guidance needs to be developed for accurate pavement design. The research team will produce best practices for evaluation of existing pavement used as detours, pavement design methods, and construction practices that will help designers, engineers, and inspectors make better decisions resulting in successful projects.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/project=0-7241

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $684,868.00
• Contract Numbers:

  0-7241

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
• Managing Organizations:

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
• Project Managers:

  Kasberg, Katelyn

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Prairie View A&M University

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  P.O. Box 519
  Prairie View, TX  United States  77446
• Principal Investigators:

  Goehl, Darlene

• Start Date: 20260101
• Expected Completion Date: 20281231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Construction management; Decision making; Detours; Failure; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Paving; Traffic forecasting
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01975935
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 0-7241
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 9 2026 4:22PM