1、Pavement Smoothness2008American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offi cials444 North Capitol Street, NWSuite 249Washington, DC 20001(202) 624-5800www.transportation.orgPub Code: CPM-1 ISBN: 978-1-56051-424-4Comparative Performance MeasurementComparative Performance Measurement 2008Ame
2、rican Association of State Highway and Transportation Offi cials444 North Capitol St, NW, Suite 249Washington, DC 20001PavementSmoothness 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offi cials. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This book or parts
3、thereof may not be reporduced in any form without written permission of the publishers.ISBN: 978-1-56051-424-4Photo of paver on front cover courtesy of Missouri Department of Transportation 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplicatio
4、n is a violation of applicable law.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE20072008President: Pete K. Rahn, MissouriVice President: Allen Biehler, PennsylvaniaSecretary/Treasurer: Carlos Braceras, UtahRegional Representatives:Region I David Cole, Maine,
5、One-Year Term Kris Kolluri, New Jersey, Two-Year TermRegion II Stephanie Kopelousos, Florida, One-Year TermButch Brown, Mississippi, Two-Year TermRegion III Debra Miller, Kansas, One-Year TermKirk Steudle, Michigan, Two-Year TermRegion IV Gary Ridley, Oklahoma, One-Year TermRhonda Faught, New Mexico
6、, Two-Year TermImmediate Past President: Victor M. Mendez, ArizonaExecutive Director: John C. Horsley, Washington, DC 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.American Association of State Highway
7、 and Transportation Offi cialsStanding Committee on QualityChair: Rhonda G. Faught, P.E., Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Department of TransportationVice Chair: Douglas Rose, Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineer for OperationsMaryland Department of Transportation, State Highway AdministrationSecre
8、tary: Joseph S. Toole, Associate Administrator for Professional and Corporate DevelopmentFederal Highway AdministrationLiaison: Anthony R. Kane, Director of Engineering and Technical ServicesAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation O cialsState MembersAlabamaRonald L. Baldwin, P.E.St
9、ate Office EngineerAlaskaVacant ArizonaJames Young Partnering DirectorArkansasRalph J. Hall Assistant to the DirectorCaliforniaElizabeth A. Dooher Chief, Office of Engineering Mgmt. and Acting Assistant Division Chief of ConstructionColoradoDennis Largent Project Development Area EngineerConnecticut
10、Vacant DelawareKevin Canning Quality EngineerDennis OShea Assistant Director, DesignDistrict of ColumbiaWilliam P. Carr Director, Research and Technology DevelopmentWasi U. Khan, P.E.Chief, Quality Assurance/Quality Control DivisionFloridaLarry Ferguson III, CPMManager, Performance ManagementGeorgia
11、J. T. Rabun, P.E.Assistant State Materials and Research EngineerHawaiiLeigh Pascua Highways Division Staff Services OfficeGlenn M. Yasui Highways AdministratorIdahoJeff R. Miles, P.E.Materials EngineerJulie Pipal Budget, Policy and Intergovernmental Relations ManagerDave Tolman Division Administrato
12、rIllinoisJohn A. Webber Assistant to the Secretary for Strategic Planning and Special ProjectsIndianaVacant IowaMitchell J. Dillavou, P.E.Director, Engineering BureauDavid J. Putz, Ph.D.Survey and Measurement AdvisorKansasJim Kowach Chief of DesignKentuckyKatrina Bradley, P.E.Chief District Engineer
13、, District 9, FlemingsburgLouisianaMichael Bridges, P.E.UndersecretaryKirt A. Clement, P.E.Deputy UndersecretaryGeralyn Penn DOTD Management ConsultantMaineJoyce N. Taylor Assistant DirectorMarylandBecky Burk Performance Excellence ManagerNormetha D. Goodrum Deputy Administrator for Finance Informat
14、ion Technology and AdministrationBridgid Seering Statewide Partnering CoordinatorMassachusettsVacant MichiganMark A. Chaput, P.E.University Region EngineerMyron G. Frierson, CPABureau DirectorMinnesotaRichard L. Arnebeck Division DirectorMississippiVacant 2008 by the American Association of State Hi
15、ghway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.MissouriMara Campbell Director of Organizational ResultsRebecca J. Geyer Organizational Results SpecialistMontanaJames D. Currie Deputy DirectorNebraskaSusan E. Larson Administrator, Human Resources
16、DivisionClaude R. Oie Engineer, Construction DivisionNevadaJames R. Souba, P.E.Assistant Director, EngineeringNew HampshireVacant New JerseyWalter McGrosky Director, Capital Program SupportNew MexicoNick Mandel Chief, Quality BureauGary Shubert District 2 EngineerNew YorkDaniel DAngelo, P.E.Director
17、, Office of DesignSteven J. Hewitt Director, Office of External RelationsSue OConnor Office of External RelationsNorth CarolinaJulie A. Hunkins, P.E.Director, Office of Environmental QualityWalt Thompson Director, Productivity ServicesJimmy Travis, P.E.State Alternative Delivery EngineerNorth Dakota
18、Tim Horner Deputy Director for Business SupportDavid Leingang North Dakota Department of TransportationOhioVacantOklahomaVacantOregonThomas J. Lauer, P.E.Manager, Major Projects BranchPennsylvaniaJill Reeder Chief Information OfficerPuerto RicoEvelyn S. Coln-Berlingeri Acting Director, Administratio
19、n AreaRhode IslandColin A. Franco, P.E.Managing Engineer, Research and TechnologySouth CarolinaCarl Chase Assets ManagerSouth DakotaJohna Leidholt Cost AnalystTennesseeDiane E. Gusky, AICPDirector, Project Management DivisionTexasBill Dickeson Quality Management Branch ManagerSteven E. Simmons, P.E.
20、Deputy Executive DirectorUtahWayne Rago Productivity CoordinatorVermontMelvin E. Adams Director of Policy and PlanningVirginiaLarry D. Jones Management Services Division AdministratorMalcolm T. Kerley, P.E.Chief EngineerWashingtonDaniela Bremmer Director of Strategic AssessmentPaula J. Hammond, P.E.
21、Secretary of TransportationWest VirginiaRoy Capper, P.E.Quality Assurance Section Unit SupervisorWisconsinRory L. Rhinesmith, P.E.Division Operations ManagerPaul Trombino, IIIRegion Operations ManagerWisconsin Department of TransportationWyomingMel Anderson Performance AnalystJanet Farrar Strategic
22、Performance Improvement Program ManagerU.S. DOT MemberFHWADaniel L. Fodera CMQ/OE, Federal Highway AdministrationOffice of Professional and Corporate DevelopmentAssociate MemberInternationalNew BrunswickStephen Blechschmidt Senior Grading TechnicianDale A. Forster Director, ConstructionOntarioGerry
23、Chaput Chief Engineer/Director, Highway Standards Branch 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.Project Panel Leonard Evans, Ohio DOT Joe Beke, New Jersey DOT Daniela Bremmer, Washington State D
24、OT Mara Campbell, MoDOT Rick Miller, Kansas DOT J. T. Rabun, Geogia DOT Brian Schleppi, Ohio DOT David Winter, FHWA Nana Srinivasas, NCHRP Program ManagerResearch Team: Spy Pond Partners with Applied Pavement Technology and University of Michigan 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and
25、 Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.TABLE OF CONTENTSExecutive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Analysis of Pavement Data Provided by
26、32 States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Identifi cation of High-Performing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Practices Contributing to Smooth Pavements . . . . . . . . . . . .
27、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Improving Future Comparative Performance Measurement Using IRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Research Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Report Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Findings and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Comparative Performance Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Practices A ecting Pavement Smoothness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Findings Related to Measurement Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32、 . . 27Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33、 . . . . . . . 39State Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Data Specifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Data Compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Appendix AParticipant Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Appendix BInterview Guide for Smooth Pavements Practice Identifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.List of T
37、ablesTable 1. Breakdown of Entire IRI Sample Dataset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Table 2. Length by Peer Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51List of Figures F
38、igure 1. Initial Smoothness by Pavement Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Figure 2. Comparison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Flexible Pavements in a Dry, Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39、 . . . . . . . . . 15Figure 3. Comparison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Rigid Pavements in a Dry, Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Figure 4. Comparison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Flexi
40、ble Pavements in a Dry, No Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Figure 5. Comparison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Rigid Pavements in a Dry, No Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Figure 6. Com
41、parison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Flexible Pavements in a Wet, Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Figure 7. Comparison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Rigid Pavements in a Wet, Freeze Climate
42、 Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Figure 8. Comparison of Interstate Pavement IRI Values in Participating States for Flexible Pavements in a Wet, No Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Figure 9. Comparison of Interstate Pavement I
43、RI Values in Participating States for Rigid Pavements in a Wet, No Freeze Climate Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Figure 10. Summary of Survey Results and Selection of States for Follow-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Figure 11. Timeline of NCHRP 20-24(37B) Project
44、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Figure 12. Thirty-Two Participating States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Figure 13. Slope Profi le PSD Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.List of AcronymsAADT Annual Average Daily Tra cAASHTO American Association of State Hi
46、ghway and Transportation O cialsAGC Associated General Contractors of AmericaARTBA American Road and Transportation Builders AssociationASCE American Society of Civil EngineersCRC Continually Reinforced ConcreteDOT Department of Transportation DMI Distance Measurement InstrumentFHWA Federal Highway
47、AdministrationFIPS Federal Information Processing StandardsGAO Government Accountability O ce GPS Global Positioning SystemGRIP Governor Richardsons Investment PartnershipHMA Hot Mix Asphalt HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring SystemHRI Half-Car Roughness IndexIRI International Roughness IndexLTPP L
48、ong-Term Pavement PerformanceMEPDG Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design GuideMRI Mean Roughness IndexNHS National Highway SystemNCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research ProgramPCC Portland Cement Concrete PI Profi le IndexPSD Power Spectral DensityQA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality ControlSCOH (AAS
49、HTO) Standing Committ ee on HighwaysSCOP (AASHTO) Standing Committ ee on PlanningSCOQ (AASHTO) Standing Committ ee on QualitySPS Specifi c Pavement Studies 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.Photo courtesy of Indiana Department of Transportation. 2008 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.1Todays trans
