Accommodating oversize and overweight loads : technical report.

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• Creators:
  Middleton, Dan ; Li, Yingfeng ; Le, Jerry ; Koncz, Nick
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Oversize loads
  • Overweight loads
  • Permits
  • Routing
  • Geographic information systems Oversize
  • Overweight
  • Permit
  • Routing
  • Geographic information systems
  • ArcGIS
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-12/0-6404-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2009¿Feb. 2012.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Adequate management of oversize/overweight (OS/OW) permit loads throughout the state of Texas is ; critical to maintaining a vibrant state economy. The growth in the number and size of permit loads in recent ; years is clear evidence that new tools and new techniques are needed to match this growth without causing ; undue delays to permit applicants. Problems such as increasing prevalence of reroutes due to maintenance ; and other district activities along with potential damage to the highway infrastructure from permit loads led ; to this research project. A related initiative was development of a new automated routing program—Texas ; Permit Routing Optimization System. Research objectives were to: Identify the most common OS/OW dimension and weight groups; Identify criteria for assigning these OS/OW groups to existing road networks; Identify criteria for assigning current and projected OS/OW groups to the future road network ; upgraded to meet future demand. ; The research project resulted in a statewide map recommending primary and alternate OS/OW route ; networks for the most common origins and destinations based on historical Motor Carrier Division data. ; Keeping strategic routes open for OS/OW loads and minimizing the number of reroutes along the way will ; reduce the impedances and unknowns in this critical segment of the motor carrier industry.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6404
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24771/dot_24771_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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