Low-Volume Roads General Information
General Information Collection
General Information – This section contains general references on Low-Volume Roads, covering a wide range of LVR issues including planning, design, management, and best practices. This information addresses both aspects of design, construction, or maintenance, and general aspects or environmental mitigations appropriate for roads.
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Low-Volume Roads Engineering Best Practices GuideA general manual on the many best design practices for low-volume roads to build long-term cost-effective roads that will last and will minimize negative environmental impacts.
Selected References List (By Topic) (not linked yet)
A list, by design topic, of many selected, useful references pertaining to the various aspects of low-volume road design and management. This list contains other references not found in this collection because of copyrights, purchase requirements, etc.
Unpaved Roads Design and Maintenance
A structural design, construction, and maintenance manual for unpaved roads, TRH 20, from South Africa.
Basics of a Good Road
A basic training course primer on what is needed to build a good rural road, developed by Cornell Local Roads Program. Updated in 2010, it briefly addresses geometric design, soils, pavements, drainage, and signing for local, typically DOT or county roads.
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