Slope Restoration on Urban Freeways

In metropolitan Detroit, erosion on steep slopes adjacent to the interstate is a serious maintenance, safety, and aesthetic issue. The standard treatment for covering slopes is turf seeding. While turf can be a solution to some erosion problems, it is presenting many challenges on steep slopes. Our goal is to research and subsequently develop best practices and viable alternatives to turf as a solution for slope stabilization.

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  2013‐0066 Z10

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  8885 Ricks Road, P.O. Box 30049
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909
• Performing Organizations:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Institute for Community Development
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824-1226
• Start Date: 20170417
• Expected Completion Date: 20251231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Slopes
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01774512
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Michigan Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 2013‐0066 Z10
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 25 2020 10:58AM