A Feasibility Study for Establishing a Regional Road Track Pavement Testing Facility in Wyoming
Road testing provides a logical method to test pavement materials and structures under actual traffic loading and environmental conditions. Although different experiments of road testing track were conducted in several states, no road track testing facility was developed in the dry-freeze climatic region for regional research. The state of Wyoming presents a unique opportunity to be the home for a regional facility of road testing track. Wyoming's Interstate 80 provides approximately traffic loads of 2 million Equivalent Single Axle Load (ESAL) per year which can cause accumulated damage on test sections in a timely manner. This proposal identifies the feasibility of building the regional testing facility on Wyoming's I-80. The proposal will determine the benefit cost impact of the testing facility and identify potential experiments of cutting-edge investigations in pavement design, materials, construction, and management. The study will be divided into two phases where the first phase will focus only on the feasibility study to obtain sufficient relevant information for building and operating the regional testing facility. The results from this study are expected to provide informed decisions for the implementation of pavement testing in the regional facility in the second phase.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $102002
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Contract Numbers:
RS02220
69A3551747108
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Sponsor Organizations:
Wyoming Department of Transportation
5300 Bishop Blvd.
Cheyenne, WY United States 82009-3340 -
Managing Organizations:
University of Wyoming, Laramie
1000 E University Avenue, Department 3295
Laramie, WY United States 82071 -
Project Managers:
Milburn, Greg
Tolliver, Denver
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Performing Organizations:
Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY United StatesWyoming Department of Transportation
5300 Bishop Blvd.
Cheyenne, WY United States 82009-3340 North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND United States 58108 -
Principal Investigators:
Ksaibati, Khaled
Hafez, Marwan
- Start Date: 20200106
- Expected Completion Date: 20220531
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: MPC-633
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Feasibility analysis; Pavement performance; Test facilities
- Geographic Terms: Wyoming
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01731828
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: RS02220, 69A3551747108
- Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Feb 24 2020 12:55PM