History of Road Design Standards in Louisiana DOTD

The objectives of this study are to identify national and state road design standards applied in Louisiana over the last 90 years; determine state and federal laws that have a bearing on road design in Louisiana; identify internal directives, policies, and practice applied to road standards in the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development over the last 90 years; and develop a document library of files in Access, Excel, or Word format listing the standards in chronological order.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $149999.00
• Contract Numbers:

  30000605

  12-2SS

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Louisiana Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 94245
  1201 Capitol Access Road
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Project Managers:

  Zeringue, Kirk

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

  P.O. Box 94245, Capitol Station
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Principal Investigators:

  Shin, Hak-Chul

• Start Date: 20120801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130131
• Source Data: RiP Project 32319

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design standards; Highway design; History; Laws
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01466977
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 30000605, 12-2SS
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:26PM