Book Description

The Illinois Interstate highway network is deteriorating rapidly due to its age and heavy truck loadings. Unfortunately, the funds required for rehabilitation far exceed the available funds. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) faces many difficult decisions concerning prioritizing rehabilitation projects and anticipating future pavement conditions and rehabilitation needs. To assist IDOT in making these decisions, three analyses were conducted using the ILLINET pavement network rehabilitation management program. The first of these was an analysis of the accuracy of ILLINET' s pavement condition prediction models. The second was an analysis of the remaining life of each of the more than 1200 pavement sections in the Illinois Interstate network. The third was a comparison of the rehabilitation needs predicted by ILLINET to IDOT' s latest multi-year program. The results of these analyses are of immediate practical use to IDOT in forecasting pavement rehabilitation needs for individual pavement sections, Interstate routes, and the entire Interstate network.