Synthetic vs Wooden Snow Fence

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• Creators:
  Ardani, Ahmad
• Corporate Creators:
  Colorado. Department of Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Animals
  • Building
  • Facilities
  • Installation
  • Performance
  • Snow fences
  • Synthetics
  • Weight
  • Wood
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CDOT-DTD-R-91-3
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Colorado
• Edition:
  Final Report -1 Year
• Corporate Publisher:
  Colorado. Department of Transportation
• Description:
  To investigate the effectiveness of synthetic snow fences against the traditional wooden snow fence, a site was selected on S.H. 14's right-of-way at milepost 18.1. The synthetic snow fences were easier to install than the wooden fences because they were lighter (approximately one-fourth of the weight of the wooden fences), and because they stretched easier. They required substantially less room to haul. The snow trapping efficiency of the synthetic snow fences was comparable to that of wooden fences. The result of this study has demonstrated the use of synthetic snow fences as an alternative to the traditional wooden snow fences. However, their installation close to a ranch with grazing bulls is not recommended. Bulls have tendencies to either lean against them or chew on them.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/93958/dot_93958_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.23 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b097992acbb4220fcdb85be490caca8cb654500660d53f11dc52f26187bfe952a5bb17a051d14c3284260a42d3d34b88b7a47cca0c5aea2a609d359fe49a4d8