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Establishment And Maintenance Of Roadside Plantings And Turf, K. C. Arnold, J. T. Griffin

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The suitability and choice of different plant materials for roadside planting will be governed primarily by cost of establishment and maintenance, by the effectiveness in stabilizing the soil, and by safety and beauty achieved. It must be recognized that conditions often encountered in roadside planting situations are different from normal conditions found in fields and yards. Soils often consist of unclassified material and are not agricultural soils in the usual sense. The material usually contains very little if any humus and little plant food and often is highly susceptible to erosion. Under these extreme conditions the establishment and maintenance of …

Flow Behavior Of Asphalt Cements, W. A. Mossbarger Jr., John A. Deacon

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Kentucky Department of Highways in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads is conducting a continuing investigation of the fundamental mechanical properties of flexible pavement materials. The ultimate objective of this investigation is to gain sufficient knowledge of the fundamental mechanical behavior of these materials to support the establishment of a responsive flexible pavement design procedure.

A preliminary report, issued in 1964, contained the results of the preparatory phase of this investigation. This report summarized from a theoretical point of view efforts that had been made to quantify the mechanical response of viscoelastic materials to known conditions of loading. …

Economic Impacts Of The Highway Beautification Act In Kentucky, Vincent W. Mcgurl

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Highway Beautification Act of 1965, Public Law 89-285, has as one of its main purposes "the control of outdoor advertising along interstate and all Federally aided primary highways "in order to protect "the public investment in such highways, to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel and "to preserve natural beauty." The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the state highway departments, was authorized to make a comprehensive study of the economic impact of such legislation on affected individuals and commercial and industrial enterprises.

Unit Weights Of Paving Materials, For Estimating Quantities, James H. Havens

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

Pursuant to our assignment, continuation issuing from the meeting of March 29, 1967, with Messers Brunnhoeffer, Mathis, et al, the Research Division staff performed specific-gravity tests on an ensemble of gravel samples furnished by Mr. Mays and made further evaluations of those and other data available -- that is, for the purpose of deriving the best or most judicious unit weights -- with a minimum of areal and mineralogical differentiation. Because of previously recognized variances in pavement densities, we elected to proceed on a theoretical basis. On the basis of assumed volume constants, it was possible to calculate theoretical unit …

Derivation Of Reservoir Operating Rules By Economic Analysis, Charles O. Dowell

KWRRI Research Reports

The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology for determining an optimum set of reservoir operating rules specifying the of storage space based on the example of Rough River Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers project in Breckinridge and Grayson Counties, Kentucky, and assuming this multipurpose reservoir provides flood control, water supply, and recreation. The operating rules were derived by the method of marginal analysis which uses as its criteria achievement of maximum net benefits from the available storage capacity.

Benefit relationships were derived for each use. The variation of flood control benefits with available flood storage was determined …

Review Of The Economic Benefits And Costs Resulting From Dewey Reservoir, David H. Rosenbaum

KWRRI Research Reports

The purpose of this investigation was to study the economic effects of the construction of Dewey Reservoir in Floyd County, Kentucky. Primary emphasis was placed on determining the degree the project had shifted income to this economically underdeveloped area by determining the incomes of those receiving project benefits and those paying project costs. The income redistribution effects of all benefits and costs associated with Dewey Reservoir were evaluated by assuming that the Federal income tax structure indicates the marginal value of income to individuals in the various income brackets.

Major benefits from the Dewey Project have been: flood control, $722,166 …

The Effect Of Landowner Attitude On The Financial And The Economic Costs Of Acquiring Land For A Large Public Works Project, John Malvern Higgins Jr.

KWRRI Research Reports

The purpose of this study was to examine the various economic and financial costs relating to the acquisition of property required for the construction of three reservoirs and to determine if any correlation could be made between the attitudes of the landowners selling property and the costs. Rough River Reservoir, Dewey Reservoir, and West Fork of Mill Creek Reservoir were studied. The costs involved in purchasing right-of-way were classified qualitatively and quantified to the extent possible. A procedure was devised to quantify 15 factors influencing attitude and an equation was derived to predict the landowner's attitude from these determining factors. …

Covariance Analysis Of Reservoir Development Effects On Property Tax Base, Claude M. Vaughan Jr.

KWRRI Research Reports

Much attention has been given in recent years to the development of water resources in the United States. Large scale multi-purpose dam and reservoir projects are of particular interest. Such projects are traditionally undertaken after the resulting benefit has been found to exceed the required cost. The benefits which are most readily evaluated are primary benefits such as flood control, hydroelectric power, and navigation. The purpose of this study is to investigate secondary benefits which accrue to local economies as a result of reservoir construction. The particular secondary benefit which this study evaluates is the reservoir impact on the local …

Analysis Of Reservoir Recreation Benefits, Robert Cecil Tussey Jr.

KWRRI Research Reports

Recreation visitation to two Kentucky reservoirs (Rough River and Dewey) constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was studied to develop mathematical expressions for estimating numbers of visitors and recreation benefits. Regression analysis was used to relate characteristics of 168 origin areas (120 Kentucky counties, the District of Columbia, and the remaining states excluding Hawaii and Alaska) to visitation from that area to Rough River Reservoir. The resulting equations were then applied to Dewey to test their generality. Good results were obtained when only air distance and population were used as the independent variables. Correlations including the age and …

Highway Construction In Windblown Silts Of Western Kentucky, Robert C. Deen

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

It has been shown that engineering experience and performance histories of earthwork structures and foundations in distinctive physiographic regions provide valuable insights applicable to the planning and construction of future projects. Geologic information further categorizes earth materials on the basis of parent material and geologic processes which modify the rock and soil masses. A knowledge of the resulting topographic expression or landforms and reference to geologic and soils information contained in surveys, reports, and maps is particularly useful in the early stages of planning and site selection. When sufficient information is available, regional units may be recognized for the purpose …

Skid Testing With An Automobile, Rolands L. Rizenbergs, Hugh A. Ward

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

A study was conducted to evaluate the theoretical and practical aspects of using an automobile as a testing device for measurement of pavement slipperiness. Every parameter and significant event in the excursion history of a skidding automobile was measured and recorded. The resultant skid-resistance values, twenty-five in all, were compared and correlated. As a result of the study, the measurement of time in the velocity increment between 30 mph to 20 mph was selected as an interim standard test. A number of experiments were also conducted to aid in the interpretation of test results and to establish control tolerances for …

Research Relating To State Highway Laws, James H. Havens

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Department's study began late in 1962 and was undertaken as a review and analysis of the main body of highway law; but, of course, any subsequential objectives--stated or implied-remained contingent upon and would become a natural consequence of the first-mentioned type of inquiry and the improbablity of discovery. Undoubtedly, the Department was influenced by and was under inducement of the Bureau of Public Roads in this undertaking, The review-and-analysis phase was accomplished, in part, by the School of Law, University of Louisville, acting under contract (CH119 36, dated November 15, 1962) which was subsequently dissolved (9-30-63); a draft report …

Trauma And The Automobile Edited By William J. Curran And Neil L. Chayet, Joe C. Savage

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Preservation Of Scenic Rivers, A. Dan Tarlock

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Roads And Recreation, Roger Tippy

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Economic Analysis Of Recreational Reservoirs, L. Douglas James

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Conflicts Of Law--Choice Of Law In Torts--A Critique, Roy Mitchell Moreland

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Federal Safety Legislation, James D. Lacy

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Police In Highway Safety, James E. Bassett

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Designing A Safer Highway, Charles J. Henry Jr.

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Highway Safety From The Viewpoint Of The Traffic Engineer, C. L. Willis

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Developments In Asphalt Paving Techniques, John Gray

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Developments In Concrete Paving Techniques, Harold J. Halm

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Maintenance Equipment Development, B. C. Wooton

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Address Presented At County And Rural Secondary Roads Session, M. W. Tinder

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Program Development: County And Rural Secondary Roads, Calvin G. Grayson

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

County And State Rural Road Program, James T. Sable

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Post-Tensioned Cast-In-Place Concrete Bridges, Eugene A. Lamberson

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Aesthetics Of Bridges, R. L. Foster

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Programming Urban Improvements On The State Highway System, J. R. Harbison

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.