A literature review revealed there are no general highway design standards aimed at providing adequate ground-clearance on highways. Similarly, there was a lack of data relative to the magnitude of the low-clearance vehicle incident problem and on low-clearance vehicle characteristics. Low-clearance vehicles, including heavy trucks plus light trucks and automobiles with trailer combinations, comprised 2.0 percent of the traffic stream. Based on the field data, a design low-clearance vehicle was proposed whose dimensions are a 36-ft wheelbase and 5-inch ground-clearance. These represent the 85th percentile of the low-clearance vehicle dimensions collected. Microcomputer software was developed to simulate the movement of trucks over high roadways so that any highway engineer can analyze low-clearance problems.


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    Title :

    Low-Clearance Vehicles at Grade Crossings


    Contributors:
    R. W. Eck (author) / S. K. Kang (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    192 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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