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NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 50-13 [Final (Synthesis)]

Estimating and Contracting Rock Slope Scaling Adjacent to Highways
[ NCHRP 20-05 (Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $45,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 5/1/2018 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Jo Allen Gause
Research Agency: Landslide Technology
Principal Investigator: Darren L. Beckstrand
Effective Date: 10/18/2018
Completion Date: 5/26/2020
Fiscal Year: 2018

Scaling loose rock from highway rock slopes is an important aspect of improving rock slope safety in mountainous areas, according to input from 42 state departments of transportation and two regional divisions of the Office of Federal Lands Highway.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 555: Estimating and Contracting Rock Slope Scaling Adjacent to Highways documents current rock slope scaling practices adjacent to highways.

An appendices document is also included as part of the publication.

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