Erosion Protection for Soil Slopes Along Virginia's Highways

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorScarborough, Jessee A.en
dc.contributor.authorFilz, George M.en
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, James K.en
dc.contributor.authorBrandon, Thomas L.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2013-11-21en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-19T18:30:23Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-19T18:30:23Zen
dc.date.issued2000-10-01en
dc.description.abstractA survey of the state of practice for designing slope erosion control measures within VDOT's nine districts has been conducted. On the basis of the survey, it is clear that there are no specific design procedures currently in use within VDOT for dealing with slope erosion. VDOT designers generally try to limit erosion by diverting runoff from adjacent areas, controlling concentrated flows on slopes, and establishing vegetation on slopes as quickly as possible. In addition, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Departments of Transportation in states surrounding Virginia (Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina) were contacted. The state of practice for the FHWA and for these states appears to be similar to that used by VDOT. A review of the literature for soil erosion was performed. The universal soil loss equation (USLE), an empirical equation developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was found to provide the best available quantitative tool for evaluating factors controlling the erosion process and determining what level of protection is appropriate. The authors recommend that the USLE be used to supplement VDOT's current principle-based design practices.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Department of Transportation 99-1017-11en
dc.format.extent99 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationJessee A. Scarborough, George M. Filz, James K. Mitchell, and Thomas L. Brandon. "Erosion Protection for Soil Slopes Along Virginia's Highways," Virginia Transportation Research Council 530 Edgemont Road Charlottesville, VA 22903, Report No. VTRC 01-CR3, Oct. 2000.en
dc.identifier.govdocVTRC 01-CR3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46717en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/01-cr3.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Researchen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil slopesen
dc.subjectErosionen
dc.subjectErosion controlen
dc.subjectErosion protectionen
dc.subjectUSLEen
dc.titleErosion Protection for Soil Slopes Along Virginia's Highwaysen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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