Alternative pavements for snowmobile crossings.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  At head of title: Evaluation report, September 2005-May 2008
• Creators:
  Boisvert, Denis M.
• Corporate Creators:
  New Hampshire. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Snowmobiles
  • Pavements
  • Pavement maintenance
  • Maintenance
  • Snowmobiles--New Hampshire
  • Pavements--New Hampshire--Maintenance and repair
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-NH-RD-14282D
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Hampshire
• Edition:
  Final report; Sept. 2005-May 2008.
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Hampshire. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Research
• Abstract:
  Excessive highway pavement wear from snowmobile traffic is a maintenance problem for the New Hampshire Department of ; Transportation. The snowmobiles and trail grooming equipment scar and erode the pavement surfaces, eventually creating wide ruts across ; the State’s highways that cause potential safety issues for vehicular traffic. The damage includes breaking off bits of the pavement’s edge ; until the travel lanes are threatened. ; The Department performed an evaluation of alternative pavement treatments intended to protect the pavement surface from ; excessive degradation. Cleanosol is a surface-applied thermoplastic material that has been successfully used to armor snowmobile crossings ; in Michigan and Wisconsin. Imprint® is a synthetic surface material developed in the United Kingdom that consists of a hot applied resinbased ; compound with graded sand and granite aggregate, reinforced with two (2) types of fibers. Three pairs of snowmobile crossings, ; known for heavy snowmobile traffic and excessive pavement wear, were treated with each product. Wear was measured and patterns were ; observed over three winters. Unit wear rates of the test materials did not indicate a greater durability than conventional hot mix asphalt. ; Cleanosol was the easiest and quickest product to install, and was the least expensive as compared with Imprint and HMA repair. The ; convenience and lower cost of installing Cleanosol make it a good choice for the repair of snowmobile trail damage across the State’s ; highways. Recommendations include: ; 1. Adoption of a revised Motorized Recreational Vehicle Trail Crossing detail for use in permitting new trail crossings. ; 2. Improvement of existing trail crossings to bring them into reasonable compliance with the Motorized Recreational Vehicle Trail ; Crossing detail. ; 3. A statewide program for treating, improving and maintaining snowmobile crossings in collaboration with the recreational vehicle ; community.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  14282D, X-A000(402)
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17849/dot_17849_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9ea9455233405b6cccee61d0a7faf8fa60264bbe8ffec3fe58094dafa6c0c81b