A method for rating unsurfaced roads has been developed, and a field manual has been prepared, to assist county, municipal, military, and township highway agencies in managing the maintenance of such roads. The rating method and strategies are compatible with the paver pavement management system developed by the u.S. Army corps of engineers and the american public works association. An unsurfaced roads component of micro-paver is available, providing highway agencies with a more comprehensive roadway management system. This methodology has been implemented at a number of military installations throughout the continental united states and alaska, as well as on the dalton highway in alaska. These installations include fort riley, kansas; fort ord, california; fort carson, colorado; and forts wainwrightand greely, alaska. The rating surveys and data gathered from thesesurveys have been analyzed. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1291, Fifth international conference on low-volumeroads, may 19-23, 1991, raleigh, north carolina, volume 2.
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