Author(s):
H.K. Stephenson, J.S. Noel, A.D. Mayfield
Publication Date
July 1962
Abstract
This report presents the results of an investigation of trends in heavy truck loads on main rural roads and certain of their effects on highway structures, based on the heavy truck and traffic data reported by the nationwide truck weight surveys during the three trend periods: 1942-43, 1948-49, and 1954. It also includes a study which undertakes to correlate the effects of certain types of legislation, governing the limitations of motor vehicle sizes and weights, with the resulting operation of heavy truck types and loadings in highway transport. Further, the report presents an approach to the very important problem of permissible vehicle weights and suggests a basic general formula for the determination of such weights which should not only tend to be in harmony with the economic principles of highway and bridge provision, but also tend to improve the pay-load opportunities for truckers through a freer choice of vehicle types for the various classes of service associated with highway transport.
Report Number:
Bulletin No. 19
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