Evaluating the effects of heavy sugar cane truck operations on repair cost of low volume highways : technical summary report.

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• Creators:
  Saber, Aziz
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Low volume roads
  • Rural highways
  • Infrastructure
  • Transportation, hydraulic and utility facilities
  • Ground vehicle operators
  • Sugar
  • Commodities
  • Agriculture
  • Axle loads
  • Costs
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  LTRC Report 425
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Edition:
  Technical summary report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Current Louisiana state laws allow truck operators hauling certain agricultural commodities to purchase ; overweight permits and haul at gross vehicle weights (GVW) in excess of the legislated GVW limit of ; 80,000 lb. For instance, sugar cane truckers may purchase an overweight permit for $100/year and ; then carry sugar cane at a GVW of 100,000 lb., using the FHWA Type 9 vehicle. Such practice has ; generated a concern on the life span of local low volume roads on which those trucks travel. The ; Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development instituted this study to investigate the ; overloading effect of sugar cane trucks on highway infrastructure in the rural area in term of damage ; cost. In addition, there is a need to explore the remedy effect of using trucks with different vehicle ; configuration or types. In this study, investigators will determine the pavement costs associated with ; changing the load axle on a semi-trailer from a tandem to a triple axle for five different GVW scenarios ; using GVW for 80 kip, 100 kip, and 120 kip with Type 9 and 10 vehicles.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  LTRC Proj. No. 03-5P ; State Proj. No. 736-99-1145
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17104/dot_17104_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 60.56 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:48d028bb40c40ba65e90dffe8493dc2cd377e82b55a907561c73dcf60cb42ef3