Unpaved back roads: evaluation of traffic conditions on a stretch contained in a community in the Sertão de Pernambuco, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, André Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Campos, Daniel Baracuy da Cunha, Nascimento, Maria das Vitórias do
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/8652
• topic: Manutenção de vias; Estradas de terra; Defeitos.; Mantenimiento de carreteras; Caminos de tierra; Defectos.; Road maintenance; Dirt roads; Defects.

In Brazil, a large part of the road network is still composed of unpaved roads, that is, that does not have the bearing surface covered with asphalt, concrete or polyhedral masonry and even with such socioeconomic importance, the situation of inadequate status is common. traffic conditions on many of these roads. In this sense, the objective of this work was to verify the conditions of an unpaved road located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Boa Vista - PE, starting from the application of the Unsurfaced Road Condition Index (URCI) method. The methodology used consisted of the identification and analysis of pathologies acting on the road surface, verifying the density and severity level presented in each of the defects present, according to the technical manual TM 5-626, reproduced by the US Army Department, allowing , at the end of the analysis, the classification of the condition in which the road is found. This procedure was repeated in all sampling units properly located in sections distributed along the road. At the end of the analyzes, an average URCI value = 59.2 was obtained, thus determining the general classification of the road under analysis as GOOD. The method proved to be easy to implement and can be a good tool option to help manage these roads.