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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-21-041 Date: March 2021 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-21-041 Date: March 2021 |
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1. Report No. FHWA-HRT-21-041 |
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4. Title and Subtitle Present Serviceability Rating Computation from Reported Distresses |
5. Report Date March 2021 |
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7. Author(s) Senthil Thyagarajan (ORCID: 0000-0002-7612-5489), Nadarajah Sivaneswaran (HRDI-20; ORCID: 0000-0003-0287-664X), and Christy Poon-Atkins (HICP-50; ORCID: 0000-0002-0505-4062) |
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address Office of Infrastructure Research and Development Federal Highway Administration 6300 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 22101-2296 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Office of Infrastructure Research and Development and Office of Infrastructure Pavement Design and Performance Team Federal Highway Administration 6300 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 22101-2296 |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered Research Report; July 2017–December 2019 |
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code HRDI-20 and HICP-50 |
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15. Supplementary Notes The research for this project was conducted in house at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, McLean, VA, 22101. |
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16. Abstract The National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance Program provided in Subpart C of 23 CFR Part 490 includes an alternative method to report pavement conditions for Interstate and non-Interstate National Highway System locations where the speed limit is less than 40 mph.(1) This alternate method uses present serviceability ratings (PSR) to report pavement condition in lieu of using the International Roughness Index, measures of rutting and faulting, and percentage of cracking where the posted speed limit is less than 40 mph. Per 23 CFR 490.309(b)(1)(ⅳ), the portion of the Interstate mainline highway pavements where PSR is allowable includes border crossings and toll plazas.(1) |
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17. Key Words National Performance Management Measures, Highway Performance Monitoring System, present serviceability rating, pavement condition index, pavement distresses |
18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. http://www.ntis.gov |
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20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages 38 |
22. Price N/A |
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