Impact of Inundation on Roadway Pavements: Case Study – LA 493 [Tech Summary]

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• Creators:
  Gaspard, Kevin ; Zhang, Zhongjie
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development ; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Case studies
  • Floods
  • Longitudinal cracking
  • Pavement performance
  • Pavements
  • Saturated soils
  • Service life
  • Subgrade (Pavements)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  State Project No. 30000607 / LTRC Project No. 12-1P
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana ; United States
• Edition:
  Tech Summary
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there have been 233 weather and climatic disasters exceeding $1 billion per event in the US between 1980 and 2018. It is estimated that the total costs of these events exceeds $1.5 trillion. As of April 30, 2018, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has reported that there have been 118 significant flooding events since 1978 in the USA, costing over $57 billion. Eleven (9.3 percent) of these significant flooding events have occurred in Louisiana
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66196/dot_66196_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 137.11 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8e2711ddfa5c0616c03ba439e82b9e77bac36587cf2ff961468d99dd0232d699