Guidelines for Evaluating Routine Overweight Truck Routes

Fernando, Emmanuel G.; Oh, Jeong-Ho

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Guidelines for Evaluating Routine Overweight Truck Routes

2004-05-01
By Fernando, Emmanuel G. ; Oh, Jeong-Ho

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Creators:

Fernando, Emmanuel G. ; Oh, Jeong-Ho
Corporate Creators:

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

Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Consumption Evaluation Fatigue Cracking Guidelines Mathematical Prediction Overweight Loads Pavement Performance Rutting Service Life Truck Routes
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA/TX-04/0-4184-P2
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States ; Texas
Corporate Publisher:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Abstract:

The impact of increasing overweight truck loads on Texas highways is a growing concern within the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Since pavement performance is significantly influenced by the magnitude and frequency of truck traffic loads, guidelines are needed for evaluating the capacity of existing highways to sustain routine overweight truck traffic over a specified performance period. The problem of overweight truck loads has been investigated in related TxDOT projects that led to the development of analysis procedures for evaluating superheavy load routes and load-zoning requirements. Researchers used results from these TxDOT projects to develop pavement evaluation guidelines for routine overweight truck routes that are presented in this report. In this project, researchers developed a two-stage framework that is based on using existing TxDOT capabilities for pavement evaluation, including nondestructive test methods and pavement analysis programs.
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