Pavement Design for Local Roads and Streets

The primary goal of this proposal is to develop a simple to use tool that would allow a local agency to develop a mechanistic-empirical design for lower volume (<1,000 vpd) highways. The primary focus would be for pavement overlays and rehabilitation. The current tools available use older empirical only methodologies or require overly complicated data inputs. The requires working with local agencies to understand their capacity for data collection; determination of the critical factors that can be accounted for by a local agency; factors that are not available and need to be set up as defaults; and the allowable error of a local pavement design. The final product will be a tool in spreadsheet form that would allow a highway manager without engineering background to determine a reasonable pavement design. The tool will also provide information on when a professional engineer should be involved due to site conditions, traffic, or other critical factors. The final design tool will be shared with the entire local highway community.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $97174
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847102

  CAIT-UTC-REG11

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  New York State County Highway Superintendents Association

  Onieda County and Chemung County, New York  United States 

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058
• Project Managers:

  Davis, Dennis

  Avery, Andy

  Szary, Patrick

• Performing Organizations:

  Cornell Local Roads Program

  416 Riley-Robb Hall
  Ithaca, New York  United States  14853-5701
• Principal Investigators:

  Orr, David

• Start Date: 20181001
• Expected Completion Date: 20191031
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Low volume roads; Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Overlays (Pavements); Rehabilitation (Maintenance); Spreadsheets
• Subject Areas: Design; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01684099
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847102, CAIT-UTC-REG11
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 24 2018 11:58AM