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Automated Data Acquisition For Low-Volume Road Inventory And Management, Theodore Hopwood Ii, Gary W. Sharpe, John W. Hutchinson, Robert C. Deen

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

Local governments need suitable inventories and condition surveys to accurately determine and prioritize their funding needs. An efficient method of performing an inventory of the roads and subsequently determining the condition of major system components is to use an automated data-acquisition system to measure and record essential data. The data may be collected and processed by a central inventory management group. The inventory should include pavement characteristics, roadway geometries, and roadside features. Pavement condition may include structural integrity, road roughness, and skid resistance. Roadway geometries include horizontal curvature, length, width, superelevation, and grade. Roadside features include signing, intersections, guardrails, and …