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The National Highway System 1 Applied Research and Technology: New Guidelines for Accelerating the Use of Innovative Technology by the Highway Industry by Richard A. McComb and Daniel F Larson 5 Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center by Louis Colucci and Robert Bryant 9 Modeling of Geotextiles and Other Membranes in the Prevention of Reflection Cracking in Asphaltic Resurfacing by Luis F Da Silva and Juan A. Confré 12 HYSIM: the Next Best Thing to Being on the Road by Elizabeth Alicandri 19 FHWA’s Implementation Plan for SHRP Products by Charles J. Churilla 24 Environmental Research: Helping Highways Improve the Quality of Life by Ginny Finch 30 Looking for a Few Good IDEAs by K. Thirumalai 32 The National Quality Initiative by Donald Tuggle 33 Along the Road 36 New Research 43 Recent Publications 46 Technology Applications 49 U.S. Department of Transportation Public Roads (ISSN 0033-3735; USPS 516-690) is published quarterly by the Federico Pefia, Secretary Office of Research and Development, Federal Highway Adoainistenten (FHWA), 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20590. Second class postage Federal Highway Administration paid at Washington, DC, and additional mailing offices. Rodney E. Slater, Administrator POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Public Roads, HRD-10, FHWA, 6300 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101-2296. Office of Research and Development John A. Clements, Associate Administrator Public Roads, is sold by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Anne N. Barsanti, Managing Editor Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, for $7.50 per year ($1.90 additional for Robert V. Bryant, Editor foreign mailing) or $2.50 per single copy ($0.63 additional for foreign mailing). Kevin C. Kerdash, Associate Editor Check or money order should be made payable and sent directly to New Nita Congress, Contributing Editor Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Subscriptions are available for one-year periods. Publication Board ————————————— RE. Slater, EB. Francois, T.B. Deen, H. Bernstein The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the publication of this adele: is necessary in the transaction of the public business required by Editorial Board aw of this Department. E.D. Carlson, J.A. Clements, GJ. Jeff, D.C. Judycki, A.R. Kane, GS. Moore, G.L. Reagle, D.S. Gendell, All articles are advisory or informational in nature and should not be con- RJ. Betsold, RJ. Kreklau strued as having regulatory effect. NOTICE Articles written by private individuals contain the personal views of the The United States Government does not endorse author and do not necessarily reflect those of FHWA. products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers’ All photographs are provided by FHWA unless otherwise credited. names appear herein solely because they are consid- ered essential to the object of an article. Contents of this publication may be reprinted. Mention of source is requested. © ‘ational Highway System Backbone of Our National Transportation Network This article is adapted from a a proposal identifying the routes dations. A nationwide functional speech delivered by Federal that will be included in the classification of the nation’s roads, Highway Administrator National Highway System. conducted by FHWA and state and Rodney E. Slater on December 9, “The proposed National High- local officials and completed in 1993, and from materials pro- way System consists of nearly early 1993, identified all principal vided by the Federal Highway 159,000 miles of the most impor- arterials. The state transportation Administration (FHWA) Office of tant roads in the United States. departments then worked with Program Development and the “To put this in perspective, a local officials to develop recom- US. Department of Transporta- National Highway System of this mendations on which principal tion (DOT) Office of the Assistant scale would include only four arterials should be included in Secretary for Public Affairs. percent of the 3.9 million miles of NHS. FHWA also worked with our public roads. Nevertheless, the other DOT agencies to identify On December 9, 1993, at Union National Highway System will airport, maritime, port, rail, and Station in Washington, D.C, US. carry over 40 percent of the transit facilities that were suffi- DOT Secretary Federico Pefia and nation’s highway traffic, carrying ciently important to be illustrated FHWA Administrator Slater an- people and goods. in the NHS report. nounced the submission of the “That’s strategic investment.” Under ISTEA, congressional National Highway System (NHS) The United States spends nearly approval of NHS is required by plan to Congress. Pefia also out- $1 trillion a year—17 percent of our September 30, 1995. Since the lined his principles and goals for a gross domestic product—on enactment of ISTEA, the states National Transportation System transportation services. A 1-percent have been able to use NHS fund- (NTS). improvement in the overall ing on any road classified as a “Union Station serves as a fitting efficiency of America’s transporta- principal arterial. Following backdrop for the unveiling of the tion system would translate into congressional approval, funding National Highway System,” said nearly $100 billion in savings will be limited to routes in NHS. Slater. “Just outside the station, across the economy within a With completion of the NHS Louisiana Avenue is part of the decade. report to Congress, DOT is taking National Highway System— On February 19, 1991, FHWA the next important step by launch- demonstrating how the National submitted an illustrative map of a ing an effort to develop the Highway System can provide links proposed NHS to the House National Transportation System. among the many modes that make Committee on Public Works and “A comprehensive National up our transportation network. In Transportation and to the Senate Transportation System will help us fact, the National Highway System Committee on Environment and meet the challenges of the enhances the other modes by Public Works. ISTEA directed DOT 21st century global economy by linking them. to use the illustrative system as enhancing all our different modes “This is perhaps the most the starting point for a report to of transportation and their links— important event I will have the Congress in two years, identifying increasing the efficiency and opportunity to participate in as highways proposed to be desig- productivity of our nation,” Pefia your Federal Highway Administra- nated as part of a 155,000-mile NHS said. tor, because the National Highway (plus or minus 15 percent). The NTS will incorporate from all System is going to be the back- approved elements of NHS are the the modes the most significant bone of our national transporta- interstate system, high-priority elements of the nation’s transpor- tion network in the 21st century. corridors identified in ISTEA, the tation systems. Beginning with It’s going to affect every American, Strategic Highway Network and its NHS, NTS will include airports, directly or indirectly .. connectors, and selected principal ports, waterways, rail, intercity bus “In the landmark Intermodal arterials. lines, pipelines, and local transit Surface Transportation Efficiency Following enactment of ISTEA, systems with regional and national Act of 1991, known as ISTEA, FHWA worked with state and impact. NTS will also include Congress called on the Depart- local officials and the Department systems moving both people and ment of Transportation to submit of Defense to prepare recommen- freight as well as facilities owned PUBLIC ROADS * WINTER * 1994 Page 1 by both private business and the “The second component in- of Transportation. It totals about public sector. cludes 21 congressionally desig- 15,700 miles. Based on the most NHS is the core of the future nated high-priority corridors as recent information, including plans NTS. identified in the ISTEA. These for base closures, these corridors Slater explained NHS in detail: corridors total 4,500 miles. and the interstate system have a “The first component of the “The third component is the been identified by the Department proposed National Highway non-interstate portion of the System is the 45,000-mile interstate Strategic Highway Corridor hy system, which accounts for nearly Network (STRAHNET), identified 30 percent of the proposed system by the Department of Defense in mileage. cooperation with the Department NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM Proposed ; NHS Rural FACT SHEET ALABAMA 2,630 ALASKA 1,489 ARIZONA 2,139 System Extent ARKANSAS 2,242 118,834 (75%) Rital Mileage soe ere te ee ees CALIFORNIA 4,922 Drbatr Mileage ee 39,840 (25%) COLORADO 2,612 Total: Mileage 0s a eee eae 158,674 CONNECTICUT 362 DELAWARE 210 DIST OF COL 0 FLORIDA 2,926 Required Components GEORGIA 3,479 INTETStal e SY SICI eta eect ee 45,376 miles HAWAII 148 IDAHO 2,207 Strategic Highway Network 15,668 miles ILLINOIS 3,299 Major Strategic Highway INDIANA 2,097 Network Connectors for 242 Military IOWA 2,731 Installations re ececice crete ence et enters 1,890 miles KANSAS 3,391 Congressional High Priority Corridors 4506 miles KENTUCKY 2,213 LOUISIANA 1,934 MAINE 980 MARYLAND 806 System Characteristics MASSACHUSETTS 486 MICHIGAN 3,041 Full Access Control MINNESOTA 3,261 MISSISSIPPI 2,339 EATCS ESCA CCS VSLIN N cece enscee 44376 miles MISSOURI 3,538 NOn-Interstate ROULES ccceccssessene 7,876 miles MONTANA 3,693 otal Sss eee neeet ers 52,252 miles NEBRASKA 2,778 NEVADA 1,941 Jurisdictional Control NEW HAMPSHIRE 634 NEW JERSEY 663 State Owned (Estimated) 150,000 miles NEW MEXICO 2,660 Other Owned: CEstimated ee Ser a 9,000 miles NEW YORK 2,673 NORTH CAROLINA 2,972 Travel Served NORTH DAKOTA 2,455 OHIO 2,876 Rural (Percent of total rural vehicle OKLAHOMA 2,674 miles:of: travel) 2s ee ee eee 42% (Est.) OREGON 3,224 Urban (Percent of total urban vehicle PENNSYLVANIA 3,466 miles of travel) 40% (Est.) PUERTO RICO 179 RHODE ISLAND 88 Intermodal Facilities (Illustrated on maps) SOUTH CAROLINA 2,016 SOUTH DAKOTA 2,850 Water Portssce eee ee es Se ee eee ee 104 TENNESSEE 2,377 Airports 143 TEXAS 8,771 Amtrak Stations 5s 321 UTAH 1,786 VERMONT 606 Rail/Trock Termiraise2s 2,ee ee 191 VIRGINIA 2,206 Public Transportation Systems oemmmnmnmnnmnnnnne 319 WASHINGTON 2,608 WEST VIRGINIA 1,446 Border Crossings WISCONSIN 3,207 With Canada... WYOMING 2,507 With Mexico TOTAL 118,838 Page 2 PUBLIC ROADS * WINTER « 1994 of Defense as the most critical troops and equipment to airports, of 1,900 miles of roads linking highway links in our transporta- to ports, to rail lines, and to other major military installations and tion system. As we found during bases for rapid deployment. other defense-related facilities to Desert Storm, highway mobility is “The fourth component is major the STRAHNET corridors. essential to our national defense Strategic Highway Corridor “Collectively, these four compo- by giving us the ability to move Network connectors. They consist nents—all specifically required by ESTIMATED MILEAGE AND TRAVEL FOR PROPOSED NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM 2ercent of Estimated Percent of Total Percent of Estimated Percent of Total NHS otal Rural Travel Rural Total Travel NHS Urban Total Urban Travel Urban Urban Travel Mileage Miles NHS Miles Miles NHS (Millions) (Millions) 3.6% 9,012 41.4% 1,040 8,550 35.9% 3,670 12.5% 992 46.8% 120 838 42.9% 1,609 5.1% 6,617 49.4% 659 7,607 35.3% 2,798 3.2% 5,798 40.4% 401 3,376 41.7% 2,643 5.6% 27,916 53.6% 2,508 95,460 45.5% 7,430 4.0% 5,846 52.3% 761 8,107 48.1% 3,373 4.1% 2,556 42.6% 614 10,013 47.9% 976 5.7% 1,437 51.3% 95 1,432 35.6% 305 0.0% 0 0.0% 73 40.7% 73 4.5% 17,884 50.7% ve Wey 22.3% 4,098 4.1% 11,331 36.4% 1,183 36.5% 4,662 6.3% 752 31.1% 166 32.0% 314 3.9% 3,382 45.3% 137 28.4% 2,344 3.3% 10,413 39.6% 2,046 41.4% 5,345 2.9% 10,511 35.7% 623 27.6% 2,720 § 2.6% 5,715 38.4% 473 30.7% 3,204 2.7% 5,624 43.8% 396 31.5% 3,787 3.6% 8,157 38.1% 456 35.0% 2,669 4.2% 6,250 36.5% 735 39.3% 2,669 4.9% 3,094 35.9% 159 34.9% 1,139 5.2% 6,360 49.5% 555 45.3% 1,361 4.1% 4,064 49.2% 1,373 43.2% 1,859 3.4% 11,142 38.0% 1,677 44.5% 4,718 2.8% 6,733 35.9% 686 43.3% 3,947 (3.6% 6,362 38.1% 371 29.3% 2,710 (3.4% 11,902 48.3% 958 41.2% 4,496 5.4% 3,420 55.5% 116 20.4% 3,809 3.2% 3,981 44.6% 297 37.9% 3,075 4.7% 3,656 66.0% 39.0% 2,145 15.2% 2,366 39.1% 42.4% 792 6.3% 5,884 57.0% 46.1% 4.8% 5,652 45.8% 36.6% 3.8% 10,157 33.1% 42.4% 1 4.0% 13,718 41.4% 36.4% 2.9% 1,792 40.7% 25.2% 1 3.5% 13,488 35.7% 39.3% 2.7% 6,798 39.8% 30.7% 3.7% 7,794 52.9% 42.5% | 4.0% 15,425 41.4% 38.1% 1 2.2% 1,116 33.0% 34.6% 6.0% 494 58.9% 2,265 36.1% ) 3.7% 8,869 42.7% 5,579 40.4% 3.5% 1,783 41.3% 343 26.6% 3.5% 10,864 42.8% 11,026 39.4% 4.0% 26,781 46.2% 56,548 47.5% 4.8% 3,438 60.7% 4,598 46.5% 4.7% 1,734 41.8% 385 23.1% 1 4.3% 11,627 43.4% 14,205 41.4% 4.2% 7,084 49.6% 12,351 41.0% 14.6% 4,930 43.9% 1,961 41.1% 3.4% 9,962 39.7% 7,624 32.5% 16.9% 2,867 59.2% 173 529 31.4% 2,680 | 3.8% 372,759 42.9% 39,849 561,332 40.0% 158,687 Page 3 PUBLIC ROADS * WINTER * 1994 ISTEA—account for 67,500 miles or goes into effect, trucks carry about that time is money, or a commuter roughly 43 percent of the pro- 80 percent of freight shipments trying to get to and from work posed system. between the United States and with a minimum of hassles, “The remainder of the proposed Mexico and about 60 percent of congestion is an economic drain— system—totalling 91,000 miles—is freight shipments between the estimated at about $40 billion a made up of other important United States and Canada. When year in our major urban areas. arterial highways that serve NAFTA removes trade barriers “That’s not even counting the interstate and interregional travel next year, as well as barriers to loss of our peace of mind and and that provide connections to international trucking operations, tranquility. major ports, airports, public traffic on all modes should in- “Safe, efficient operation. That, transportation facilities, and other crease significantly. The National in short, is what the National intermodal facilities ... Highway System will serve this Highway System is all about! “Like so much that is important traffic efficiently by linking with “Today, we are transmitting our about ISTEA, the National High- the Canadian and Mexican high- recommendations to Congress, way System is a flexible concept ... way systems in a high-perfor- which must take the next impor- The National Highway System will mance network spanning most of tant step—approving the National not be another interstate system. North America. Highway System. Beyond the interstate portion, the “The report we are releasing “Our report calls for designation National Highway System is today stresses the economic of the proposed National Highway mostly two-lane roads today and benefits, but let me just outline a System routes but also recom- will likely remain that way. few of them: mends that the Secretary of “In fact, virtually all of the Transportation have the authority National Highway System is exist- e The National Highway System to modify the network, at the ing mileage. Less than 2 percent is will provide what our retail, request of the states, to meet new mileage, and that’s because industrial, and other employers changing needs. In addition, we it’s already in state plans. need—namely, a predictable, call for identification—within “The advantage of the National consistent, and reliable delivery 2 years—of appropriate intermodal Highway System concept is that it system. connections to the National will encourage state transportation e It will provide low-cost, reliable, Highway System. agencies to focus on a limited and flexible transportation to “ISTEA sets a deadline of number of high priority routes for minimize costs, serve plants September 30, 1995, for congres- improvement with federal-aid geared to just-in-time delivery, sional action. But I can assure you funds. These improvements will and make our companies more that the president, Secretary Pefia, address traffic needs safely and competitive in the global and I will be challenging the efficiently, generally within marketplace. Congress to complete action on existing rights-of-way .. this vital transportation advance- “The National Highway System “Another economic benefit of ment long before then. will also strengthen our links with the National Highway System is “Today, the National Highway Canada and Mexico, especially by that it will help us confront the System is the next generation—the providing some of the vitally problems of traffic congestion by next step to continuing the needed north-south connectors. targeting current and projected progress that has made the United Today, even before NAFTA (North bottlenecks. Whether you're a States the most mobile nation in American Free Trade Agreement) shipper, who lives by the principle history.” ne—e—e n Page 4 PUBLIC ROADS * WINTER * 1994 yA odo d | tt ee) PV Ol ND 101 | 10) MOLE Dé New Guidelines for Accelerating the Use of Innovative Technologies by the Highway Industry by Richard A. McComb the legislation, the Federal High- and Daniel F. Larson way Administration (FHWA) has developed guidelines to carry out the ART Program. The program Introduction and guidelines to carry out part of The need to accelerate the integra- the program are summarized in tion of new technologies into the this article. US. highway system has increased The ART Program aims to dramatically over the past decade identify and promote technologies as the Interstate Highway System that are designed to improve the has neared completion. Because durability, efficiency, environmen- Congress recognized the impor- tal effects, productivity, and safety tance of technology application, it of highway, transit, and intermodal established the Applied Research transportation systems. Specifically, and Technology (ART) Program. it will accelerate testing and Authorized under section 6005 of evaluation of new technologies, the Intermodal Surface Transporta- both foreign and domestic. tion Efficiency Act (STEA) of Background 1991, the ART Program began in fiscal year 1992 with funding of The ART Program, as developed $35 million and will receive by FHWA, is composed of three The hydronic hoses are in place prior $41 million per year in fiscal years elements—priority technologies, to the bridge deck placement. Hot 1993 through 1997. As called for in testing and evaluation, and fluid circulating through the hoses applied research. The ART Pro- heats the deck surface. A sensor gram elements are summarized in device is shown in the foreground. table 1. GUIDELINES Priority technologies e Thin-bonded overlay and WORKING GROUP The priority technologies compo- surface lamination of pave- nent involves the implementation ment. Projects in this category and evaluation of technologies will incorporate uses of thin- Federal Highway that are specified in the legislation bonded overlays (including Administration and other priority new technolo- inorganic bonding systems) as a Richard A. McComb gies that have been identified by part of highway pavement or Terry Mitchell FHWA and proposed for partner- bridge repair, rehabilitation, or Samuel C. Tignor ships through general solicitations. upgrading. The projects will be Charles Niessner The three technology areas designed to evaluate feasibility Louis Colucci specified in ISTEA include: and costs and benefits; to Douglas A. Bernard minimize overlay thickness, Robert J. Betsold e Heated bridge technologies. initial lay-down costs, and out- Thomas J. Pasko Projects in this category will of-service time; and to maximize evaluate the costs and benefits life-cycle durability. Twenty- Federal Transit Administration of deck-heating technology on eight projects in 14 states were John S. Durham (deceased) bridges that may be replaced or funded in fiscal year 1993. rehabilitated under section 144 e All-weather pavement mark- Consultant of title 23 of the US. Code. Nine ings. These projects will evaluate projects in seven states were the use of all-weather pavement L. Gary Byrd funded during fiscal year 1993. markings for durability and Page 5 PUBLIC ROADS ¢ WINTER ° 1994 safety. Project locations will be ART Program apply to this plastics, composites, and other chosen to test the effects of program element. (See HITEC materials, and innovative proce- varying climatic conditions, article on page 9.) dures for accelerating construc- tion. Examples would include snow and ice control operations, Applied research rapid-curing materials, prefabri- a and various traffic characteristics and pavement types. Seventy- The applied research program cated components, plug-in seven projects in 17 states were promotes identification and replacement modules, auto- funded in fiscal year 1993. development of foreign and mated construction equipment, domestic technologies and new and robots and sensors. In addition, two individual methods for accelerated testing Environmentally beneficial projects were planned. A construc- and evaluation. The program will materials and procedures. tion project planned for Missouri include a variety of research and These projects will test and evaluate the environmental benefits of alternative materials and procedures used in high- way planning, design, construc- tion, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance. Examples would be air quality improve- ments and noise abatement systems for construction, envi- SPS‘QAU4UL]2IA J IJSONd ronmentally benign materials for vegetation control, and environmentally safe paint removal. Materials and techniques that enhance serviceability and longevity under adverse cli- matic, environmental, and load effects. This category includes strength-enhancing additives or reinforcements, coatings and sealers, composite designs, in situ supplements, and alternative After approximately two years of heavy traffic, the VISIBEAD road boundary design or construction technolo- line still provides good wet weather delineation. gies. Technologies that increase will use high-performance development (R&D) activities to efficiency and productivity of blended hydraulic cement in develop products and technologies vehicular travel. This category highway pavements or structures that meet the general objectives of includes vehicle and roadway to evaluate the durability and the ART Program. The applied projects; traffic control devices construction efficiency of this research program element has and systems; traffic management material. Also pending is a project been used to fund some high- systems, strategies, and commu- in New Jersey to evaluate the priority research areas, reviews of nications; information systems; environmental and safety charac- foreign technologies, and research and computer-based tools that teristics of elastomer-modified of advanced topics. The applied permit analysis of areawide asphalt when used in highway research program element is also surface transportation needs and pavement construction. the key resource for providing operational plans. Examples technical assistance to states and include innovative sensing and Test and evaluation local agencies participating in the information transfer technolo- Test and evaluation (T&E) projects T&E program. gies, operational systems, involve the full-scale field testing software, and other technologies ART Program Scope and evaluation of new technolo- affecting vehicular travel and gies. T&E projects originating in A broad range of technologies are demand management. both the public and private sector to be tested under the ART Technologies that enhance will come through the Highway Program. The ART Program safety and accessibility of Innovative Technology Evaluation mandate encompasses the follow- vehicular transportation Center (HITEC). HITEC will serve ing technology areas: systems. Projects that test and as a focal point for evaluating evaluate hardware, software, innovative technologies and will e Materials and procedures that materials, equipment, and provide a valuable network of accelerate construction. Projects systems that address improved experts to hasten the transfer of in this category will test and safety and accessibility of technology into practice. The evaluate innovative uses and vehicular transportation systems Guidelines for Implementing the modifications of concrete, steel, will be covered by this category. 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