Practices for Permitting Superheavy Load Movements on Highway Pavements
Project Data
Funds:
$40,000
Authorization to Begin Work:
8/26/2013 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility:
Donna Vlasak
Research Agency:
University of Texas - San Antonio
Principal Investigator:
Tom Papagiannakis
Effective Date:
10/18/2013
Completion Date:
4/28/2015
Fiscal Year:
2013
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 476: Practices for Permitting Superheavy Load Movements on Highway Pavements documents the practices followed in issuing permits for overweight and superheavy commercial vehicles (SHCVs) or “superloads.” Superloads are trucks that exceed the thresholds set for overweight vehicles, but are allowed to operate with annual permits throughout state highway networks.
