Transportation Management for Major Highway Reconstruction Proceedigs of.the National Conference on Corridor Traffic Management for Major Highway Reconstruction Chicago, Illinois September :2&Octbber 1, 1986 NAS. NAE t1OM TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 1987 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS Chairman: Lowell B. Jackson, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Highways, Denver Vice Chairman: Herbert H. Richardson, Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering, Texas A&M University System, College Station Executive Director: Thomas B. Been, Transportation Research Board MEMBERS Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) John A. Clements, Vice President, Sverdrup Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts (ex officio, Past Chairman, 1985) Donald D. Engen, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired), Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) Francis B. Francois, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D:C. (ex officio) E. R. (Vald) Heiberg Ill, Chief of Enginers and Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Lester A. Hoel, Hamilton Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (ex officio, Past Chairman, 1986) Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) Diane Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) George H. Way, Jr., Vice President, Research and Test Department, Association of American Railroads,Washinglon, D.C. (ex officio) Alan A. Altshuler, Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University, New York John R. Borchert, Regents Professor, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Robert 0: Bugher, Executive Director, American Public Works Association, Chicago, Illinois Dana F. Connors, Commissioner, Maine Department of Transportation, Augusta C. Leslie Dawson, Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Frankfort The Transportation Research Board is a unit of the National Re- Paul B. Gaines, Director of Aviation, City of Houston Aviation search Council, which serves the National Academy of Sciences and Department, Texas the National Academy of Engineering. The Board's purpose is to stimu- Louis J. Gambaccini, Assistant Executive Direclor/Trans-l-tudson late research concerning the nature and performance of transportation Transportation of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, systems, to disseminate the information produced by the research, and New York to encourage the application of appropriate research findings. The Jack R. Gilstrap, Executive Vice President, American Public Transit Board's program is carried out by more than 270 committees, task Association, Washington, D.C. farces, and panels composed of more than 3,300 administrators, engi- William J. Harris, Snead Distinguished Professor of Transportation neers, social scientists, attorneys, educators, and others concerned Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M with transportation; they serve without compensalion. The program is University, College Station supported by state transportation and highway departments, the modal William K. Hellmann, Secretary, Maryland Department of administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Associa- Transportation, Baltimore tion of American Railroads, the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin- Raymond H. Hogrefe, Director—State Engineer, Nebraska Department istration, and other organizations and individuals interested in the de- of. Roads, Lincoln velopment of transportation. Thomas L. Mainwaring, Consultant to and Trucking Industry Affairs for Ryder System, Inc., Miami, Florida The National Research Council was established by the National Acad- James E. Martin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Illinois Central emy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science Gulf Railroad, Chicago and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge Denman K. McNear, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and of advising the federal government. The Council operates in ac- Southern Pacific Transportation Company, San Francisco, cordance with general policies determined by the Academy under the California authority of its Congressional charter, which establishes the Academy Leno Men ghini, Superintendent and Chief Engineer, Wyoming Highway as a private, nonprofit, self-governing membership corporation. The Department, Cheyenne Council is the principal operating agency of both the National Academy William W. Millar, Executive Director, Port Authority Allegheny County, of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in the conduct of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania their seryices to the government, the public, and the scientific and Milton Pikarsky, Distinguished Professor of Civil. Engineering, The City engineering communities. It is administered jointly by both Academies College of New York, New York and the Institute of Medicine. James P. Pitz, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation, Lansing The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by Act of Joe G. Rideoutte, South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Congress as a private, nonprofit, self-governing membership corpora- Transportation, Columbia tion for the furtherance of science and technology, required to advise Ted Tedesco, Vice President, Resource Planning, American Airlines, the federal government upon request within its fields of competence. Inc., Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas -Under its corporate charter,the Academy established the National Carl S. Young, County Executive, Broome County, Binghamton, New Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineerig in York 1964, and the Instituleof Medicine in 1970. V/1 SPECIAL REPORT. 212 Transportation Management for Major Highway Reconstruction Proceedings of the National Conference on Corridor Traffic Management for. Major Highway Reconstruction Conducted by the Transportation Research Board Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration [IS. Department of Transportation Chicago, Illinois September 28—October 1, 1986 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD National Research Council Washington, D.C. 1987 Transportation Research Board Special Report 212 Sponsorship of Transportation Research Board Special Report 212 Price $16.00 GROUP 3—OPERATION, SAFETY, AND MAINTENANCE OF modes TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 1 highway transportation D.E. Orne, Michigan Department of Transportation, chairman 2 public transit Steering Committee for the Conference on Corridor Traffic subject areas Management for Major Highway Reconstruction 12 planning Michael D. Meyer, Massachusetts Department of Public Works, 21 facilities design chairman 33 construction Paul N. Bay, Ronald E. Bockstruck, Thomas W. Brahms, 54 operations and traffic control Douglas H. Differt, Raymond M. Gardeski, David A. Kuemmel, John N. LaPlante, Lois M. Morasco, M. Lee Powell III, Transportation Research Board publications are available by or- David H. Roper, Samuel I. Schwartz dering directly from TRB. They may also be obtained on a regular basis through organizational or individual affiliation with Liaison Representatives: Wayne Berman and George E. Schoener TRB; affiliates or library subscribers are eligible for substantial discounts. For further information, write to the Transportation David K. Witheford, Transportation Research Board staff Research Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Louis E. Keefer, Conference Recorder Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. The organizational units, officers, and members are as of Printed in the United States of America December 31, 1985. Notice The project that is the subject of this publication was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee re- sponsible for the publication were chosen for their special com- petence and with regard for appropriate balance. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the committee, the Transportation Research Board, the National Research Council, or the sponsors of the project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data National Conference on Corridor Traffic Management for Major Highway Reconstruction (1986: Chicago, III.) Transportation management for major highway reconstruc- tion. (Special report, ISSN 0360-859X; 212) "Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation." 1. Roads—Maintenance and repair—Safety measures— Congresses. 2. Traffic engineering—Congresses. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. II. United States. Federal Highway Administration. III. Title. IV. Series: Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board); 212. TE220.N34 1986 625.7'6 87-14146 ISBN 0-309-04452-9 Preface Many of the nation's major urban highways have worn out, and more are wearing out every day. Some roadways have taken such constant pounding and are now deteriorated so badly that they cannot be simply repaired by resurfacing, but must be entirely removed and rebuilt from the ground up. Such reconstruction