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Low-Volume Roads
To Pave or Not to Pave? Making informed decisions on when to upgrade a gravel road
- To Pave or Not to Pave - Technical Brochure (603 KB PDF)
Minnesota LTAP, 2006
A comprehensive product that includes a technical brochure, research reports, and PowerPoint presentations to help local agencies make policy decisions for maintaining and upgrading gravel roads.- View presentation with narration
(74.2 MB flash-streaming video) - Download PowerPoint (1.6 MB) [ PDF version (1.0 MB) ]
- View presentation with narration
- Economics of Upgrading an Aggregate Road (PDF) research report
- Local Road Surfacing Criteria, South Dakota Department of Transportation, SD 2002-10, 2004:
- Technical Brief (512 KB PDF)
- Final Report (1.01 PDF)
- Users Guide (822 KB PDF)
- Low-Volume Surface Analysis Tool (XLS)
Gravel Road Maintenance: Meeting the Challenge (video)
View video
Minnesota LTAP, 2006
Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual
Developed by the South Dakota LTAP Center
A comprehensive manual that addresses most issues that deal with gravel road maintenance. Includes a section on when to pave a gravel road.
Best Practices for the Design and Construction of Low Volume Roads, REVISED
Mn/DOT 2002-17REV, 2003
Provides information on methods for design and construction of hot-mix asphalt pavements in Minnesota.
When is it time to pave a gravel road? Technology Exchange, Summer 2005
The report—Economics of Upgrading an Aggregate Road—helps county and township governments make policy decisions for maintaining and upgrading gravel roads.
Minnesota Pavement Conference Session Summaries
Minnesota Pavement Conference Session Summaries (2006)
(1.4 MB PDF)
This document provides summaries of the presentations at the February 16, 2006, conference.
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