Costs Associated with Conversion of Surfaced Roads to Unsurfaced Roads: Project Summary [Project 0-6677]

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• Corporate Creators:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Surface course (Pavements)
  • Low volume roads
  • Paving
  • Pavement maintenance
  • Average daily traffic
  • Traffic surveys
  • Highway maintenance
  • Costs
  • Pavements--Maintenance and repair--Costs
  • Traffic surveys
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Project 0-6677
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Construction and Maintenance ; NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Pavement Management and Performance
• Abstract:
  Summary of TxDOT project 0-6677: Conversion of roadways from a surfaced type to an unsurfaced type in order to achieve agency cost savings is currently being studied and practiced in select regions in other states. Conversion from surfaced to unsurfaced may be a more economical option for low-volume roads. In Texas, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) manages tens of thousands of miles of low-volume roads, and wishes to know if conversion of those roadways could save significant money in maintenance over time. Currently TxDOT has no unsurfaced roads, but low-volume roads often carry less than 200 vehicles per day, prompting interest in agency cost saving if these roads were converted to a gravel surface.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25660/dot_25660_DS1.zip
• File Type:
  [ZIP - 2.64 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d8a1f31877eada1d1da1dcb82d14003930ed99b92882a3b86fbdc8d12786415dda2c40f1103e37d42f684c6e44d841c6f93d687ba326721714b4eabaa6be46c