10.13023/KTC.RR.1977.485
Deen, Robert C.
Kentucky Department of Transportation
Southgate, Herbert F.
Kentucky Department of Transportation
Flexible Pavement Designs to Support Various Vehicle Configurations
Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
1977
Research Report
Pavement designers are often asked if pavements can be designed to carry and support the unusually heavy loads which have been known to use portions of the highway system. In some instances, for example, haul roads leading to highway or other construction projects or haul roads associated with mining, heavy loads have become commonplace and extra-legal. Within limitations of engineering experience, there appears to be no reason why pavements cannot be designed for these heavy loads. Of course, the restrictive factor in implementing such designs may be the excessive costs of construction. Even so, excessive maintenance costs otherwise associated with heavy loads on inadequate pavements could make the design and construction of super-duty pavements economically feasible. The background and framework of a flexible pavement design schema have been reported previously.
Transportation Engineering
No. 485