An Analysis and Design Procedure for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Foundations

Ahmad, Aziz; Lytton, Robert L.; Olson, Robert M.

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An Analysis and Design Procedure for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Foundations

1976-11-01
By Ahmad, Aziz ; Lytton, Robert L. ; Olson, Robert M.

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Creators:

Ahmad, Aziz ; Lytton, Robert L. ; Olson, Robert M.
Corporate Creators:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Corporate Contributors:

Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Analysis Computer Programs Design Foundations Literature Reviews Pavement Design Procedures Railroad Grade Crossings Transportation Wheel Loads
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA/TX-76/77+164-4F
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Texas ; United States
Edition:

Final Report: September, 1973 - November, 1976
Corporate Publisher:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Abstract:

Both highway and railroad organizations are concerned with the maintenance problems of highway-railroad grade crossings. The Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation spends approximately one-half million dollars yearly for the maintenance of grade crossings. It has been the usual experience of engineers, and it is a conviction implicit in this study, that a major portion of such maintenance costs may be reduced by an improved knowledge of actual behavior of a railroad track under both railway and highway traffic and the influence of environmental factors. Up to the present time, no rational approach to analysis and design of a grade crossing structure has been available. In this study a design system for a grade crossing is developed. A unique design criterion of permanent differential deformation between railroad track and adjacent highway pavements is established. This criterion is related to other existing criteria, available in pavement design literature, which are related to the rideability.
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PDF
Funding:

2-18-74-164
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US Transportation Collection
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