Abstract
Most highways in New York State, United States, are maintained by local agencies, so decisions about operations and maintenance for low-volume roads are critical. Local highway officials use existing tools and methods to manage their highway networks. Posting of weight limits is done for a variety of reasons such as: structural limits on bridges, setting of truck routes through a community, and seasonal posting. A simple low-volume pavement model was developed using with the Cornell Pavement Frost Model to review various approaches to seasonal posting of roads and streets. Using a simple model for timing of seasonal posting can be a very effective tool for a local highway agency. The Cornell Local Roads Program developed such a spreadsheet tool currently being tested by local towns in New York State. The tool only requires a simple pavement model and average air temperature data.
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