Minimizing roadway embankment damage from flooding

• Main Authors: Briaud, J.-L (Author), Maddah, Layal (Author)
• Corporate Authors: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2016.
• Series: Synthesis of highway practice ; 496.
• Subjects: Roads > Embankments > Protection.; Flood damage prevention.; Roadside improvement.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781523108763; 1523108762; 9780309389730; 0309389739
• ISSN: 0547-5570 ;
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts

This state-of-the-practice report highlights how the transportation community is protecting roadways and mitigating damage from inundation and overtopping. In the absence of standard guidance, this report highlights major issues and design components specific to roadway embankment damage from floodi...

Table of Contents:

• Failure modes
• Case Examples
• Hydrologic and hydraulic factors
• Geotechnical and geological factors
• Legal, regulatory, and funding aspects
• Probability and risk
• Summary of survey results
• Design considerations
• Countermeasures, maintenance, and repair
• State of research and conclusions.