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BULLETIN 90 OCTOBER 1969

PROCEEDINGS

KENTUCKY HIGHWAY CONFERENCES

November 14-15, 1967

November 19-20, 1968

LIBRARY Research Division ·

Bureau of Highways

OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION

Robert M. Drake, Jr., Ph.D. Dean, College of Engineering and

Director, Office of Research and Engineering Services

David K. Blythe, M.C.E. Associate Dean, Continuing Education and Extension,

College of Engineering

James E. Funk, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Graduate Programs, College of Engineering

Warren W. Walton, M.S. Assistant Dean, College of Engineering

Blaine F. Parker, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Agricultural Engineering

Robert B. Grieves, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering

Staley F. Adams, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering

Robert L. Cosgriff, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering

Oscar W. Dillon, D.Eng.Sci. Chairman, Department of Engineering Mechanics

Roger Eichhorn, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Hans Conrad, D.Eng. Chairman, Department of Metallurgical Engineering

Russell E. Puckett, M.S. Associate Director, Office of Research and

Engineering Services

PROCEEDINGS

KENTUCKY HIGHWAY CONFERENCES

November 14 · 15, 1967

November 19 · 20, 1968

KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CENTER LIBRARY

BULLETIN 90, OCTOBER 1969

College of Engineering

University of Kentucky

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page NINETEENTH ANNUAL KENTUCKY HIGHWAY CONFERENCE

"Management in a Changing World," James H. Healey 6

"Transportation Planning, " Wilbur Smith 15

"Meeting the Program Management Problem," Mitchell W. Tinder 23

"Status of the Appalachian Program," Calvin G. Grayson 31

"Standards for Greater Safety on the Highway, " Robert E, Johnson 35

"Transportation Studies for Cities Under 50,000 Population," James W. Fehr 44

"New Developments in Concrete Bridge Design - Ultimate Strength Design," 51 Rupert E. Bullock

"Emphasis on Finished Appearance - A Professional Responsibility, " 62 Guy F. Vansant, Jr,

"Kentucky Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices," K. B. Johns 64

"Programming for Rural Road Improvements," J. P. Hunter 67

TWENTIETH ANNUAL KENTUCKY HIGHWAY CONFERENCE

"New Provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1968," John A. Swanson

"Federal-Aid Highway Program After Interstate," Robert S. Holmes

"Kentucky Highway Program," W. B. Hazelrigg

"Rural Secondary and County Road Aid Programs," John D. Witt

"State Road Systems and Maintenance Responsibility," John W. Spurrier

"Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Problems in Traffic Control Agreements," Grover C. Ethington, Jr.

"New Developments in Joint Sealing Practice for Longer Spans," Stewart C. Watson

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108

"The Architecture of Bridges," Arnold H. Vollmer 146

"Joint Development and Design Team Concept," F. L. Anthony 153

"Impact of Highway Construction on Water Resource Management," Joe Tucker 159

"The Relationship Between The Development of Highways and Water Resources '162 Management," G. F. Hughes, Jr.

"Hot Mix Sand Surface," James H. Havens 171

"Bridge Modernization Program - Logan County," Henry A. Padgett, Jr. 188

"State Bridge Program," T. J. Hopgood 193

"The National Bridge Inspection Program," W. Jack Wilkes 196

"Developments in Concrete Pavement Construction," Dan C. Woodward 207

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NINETEENTH ANNUAL

KENTUCKY

HIGHWAY

CONFERENCE

NOVEMBER 14-15

1967

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

LEXINGTON

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NINETEENTH KENTUCKY HIGHWAY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

D. K. Blythe, Chairman, Civil Engineering Department, Co­Chairman

W . B. Drake, Assistant State Highway Engineer, Co­Chairman

V. E. Comley, Executive Director, Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors

R. C. Deen, Assistant Director, Division of Research R. G. Figg, Director, C<,nferences and Institutes J. W . Hutchinson, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering K. B. Johns, Operations Management Engineer Alfred Korn, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering J. M. Phillips, Director, Division of Public Affairs H. H. Sandusky, Director, Division of Rural Roads W. B. Stamper, Assistant to the Commissioner ot Highways

PURPOSE

The annual Kentucky Highway Conference has as its purpose the interchange of ideas and dissemi­nation of information among those concerned with the technical and administrative aspects of design construction and maintenance of public roads and streets.

Sponsored by

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS

PROGRAM

Tuesday, November 14

8:30-9:30 A.M.-EST

REGISTRATION-Memorial Hall

9:30 A.M.

GENERAL SESSION-Memorial Hall, Judge C. P. Lane, Montgomery County, President, Coumy Judges Association, Presiding.

1. Invocation- Rev. Charles Garrison, Minister, Christian Student Foundation, University of Kentucky.

2. Welcome to the University-Dr. A. D. Albright, Executive Vice President, University of Ken­tucky.

3. "Management in a Changing World," James H. Healey, President, Management and Business Services, Columbus, Ohio.

4. "Transportation Planning," Wilbur S. Smith, Wilbur Smith and Associates, New Haven, Con­necticut.

5. "Meeting the Program Management Problem," Mitchell W . Tinder, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Highways.

12:00-1 :45 P.M.

LUNCHEON-Grand Ballroom, Student Center, A. 0 . Neiser, Deputy Highway Gommissioner and State Highway Engineer, Kentucky De­partment of Highways, Presiding. Address-Honorable Edward T. Breathitt, Gov­ernor, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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2:00-4:30 P.M.

CONSTRUCTION POLICIES AND PROCE­DURES: Four Separate Sessions.

I. ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT AND SPE­CIAL TY ITEMS--Student Center, Room 245. H. C. Adams, Sr., President, Carey-Adams, Inc.,

Lexington, Kentucky, Moderator. Kenneth C. Arnold, Director, Division of Road­

side Development, Kentucky Department of Highways.

Robert Hillenmeyer, Partner, Hillenmeyer Nursene~, Lexington, Kentucky.

Cyrus S. Layson, Chief Construction Engineer, Division of Construction, Kentucky Depart­ment of Highways.

N. H. Stone, Jr., Vice President, Ratliff and Stone, Inc., Sharpsburg, Kentucky.

J. W . Thompson, Jr., President, Thompson­Parrish Company, Paris, Kentucky.

Rob Worthington, Sales Manager, Soil Erosion Control, Hinkle Contracting Corporation, Paris, Kentucky.

Ralph Waddle, Assistant Director, Division of Construction, Kentucky Department of High­ways.

II. PROJECT SAFETY, SIGNING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS-Student Center, Room 206. C. J. Potter, President, Ruby Construction

Company, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, Mod­c:rator.

J. T. Anderson, Projects Management Engi­neer, Kentucky Department of Highways.

J. B. Callaway, General Superintendent, Codell Construction Company, Winchester, Ken­tucky.

Elmo Greer, President, Greer Bros. & Young, Inc., London, Kentucky.

Buckner Hinkle, President, Hinkle Contracting Corporation, Paris, Kentucky.

R. A. Johnson, District' Engineer, Ken tuck: T)e­partment of Highways, Lexington, Kent\

R. R. Johnson, District Traffic Engineer, Kc:n- · tucky Department of Highways, Madison­ville, Kentucky.

J. M. Phillips, Jr., Director, Division of Public Affairs, Ke1,tucky Department of Highways.

W. T. Runner, Vice President, George M. Eady Company, Louisville, Kentucky.

III. STRUCTURES-Student Center Theatre

A. F . Campbell, Structural Engineer, Senler & Campbell Consulting Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, Moderator.

A. B. Blankenship, Assistant Director, Division of Maintenance, Kentucky Department of Highways.

Glen Bottoms, Assistant Bridge Engineer, Di­vision of Construction, Kentucky Department of Highways.

Charles G. Cook, Director, Division of Bridges, Kentucky Department of Highways.

P. A. Faulkner, Chief Engineer, Ruby Con­struction Company, Inc., Louisville, Ken­tucky.

K. R. Hagan, Partner, R. R. Dawson Bridge Company, Bloomfield, Kentucky.

J. H. Havens, Director, Division of Research, Kentucky Department of Highways, Lexing­ton, Kentucky.

J. W. Saltsman, Jr. , Vice President, Saltsman Construction, Inc., Bardstown, Kentucky.

A. B. Thompson, Vice President, Sam Nally Associates, Bardstown, Kentucky.

IV. PAVEMENTS-Student Center, Grand Ball­room. V. E. Comley, Executive Director, Kentucky

Association of Highway Contractors, Frank­fort , Kentucky, Moderator.

R. L. Carter, President, Robert L. Carter Com­pany, Inc., Frankfort, Kentucky.

E. B. Drake, Pavement and Design Engineer, Division of Design, Kentucky Department of Highways.

W. L . Harper, President, The W. L . Harper Construction Company, Covington, Ken­tucky.

John Horky, President, Plantmix Asphalt In­dustry of Kentucky, Inc., Frankfort, Ken­tucky. ·

W. D . Kelly, Vice President, Kelly Contracting Company, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.

J. E. McChord, Assistant Director, Division of Materials, Kentucky Department of High­ways.

R. L. Rizenbergs, Principle Research Engineer, Division of Research, Kentucky Department of Highways, Lexington, Kentucky.

D. C. Woodward, Chief Construction Engineer, Division of Construction, Kentucky Depart­ment of Highways.

6:00 P.M.

ANNUAL DINNER-Phoenix Hotel-Sponsored by the Kentucky Association of Highway Contrac­tors. Admission by ticket. Clinton Don Wood, President, Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors, Presiding.

Address-Frank M. Hubbard, President, Hub­bard Construction Company, Orlando, Flor­ida.

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Wednesday, November 15

9:00-9:30 A.M.-EST

REGISTRATION-Student Center Theatre

9:30 A.M.

GENERAL SESSION-Student Center Theatre, Robert M. Drake, Dean, College of Engineer­ing, President.

1. "Status of the Appalachian System": Charles H . Cole, Engi~eering Coordinator, U.S.

Bureau of Public Roads, Frankfort, Kentucky. Calvin G. Grayson, Assistant Program Manage­

ment Engineer, Kentucky Department of Highways.

2. "A Jurist Looks at the Highway Program," Hon­orable Morris C. Montgomery, Judge Ken­tucky Court of Appeals.

3. "Standards for Greater Safety on the Highways," Robert E. Johnson, Division Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Frankfort, Kentucky.

12:00-1 :30 P.M.

LUNCHEON-Grand Ballroom, Student Center­John E. Heer, Jr., Head, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisville.

Film-National Aeronautic and Space Adminis-tration on Hydroplaning, J. W. Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky.

2:00-4:30 P.M.

TECHNICAL DIVISION SESSIONS

I. URBAN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS-Student Center, Grand Ballroom, Honorable Kenneth A. Schmied, Mayor, City of Louisville, Pre­siding.

1. Panel-"Kentucky Uniform Traffic Manual": A. R. Daniel, Director of Traffic Engineering,

City of Louisville. W. G. Galloway, Director, Division of Traffic,

Kentucky Department of Highways. J. M. Heidenreich, Traffic Engineer, City of

Lexington.

2. "Urban Transportation Studies for Cities Under 50,000 Population," James W. Fehr, Director, Division of Planning, Kentucky Department of Highways.

3. "Accident Reporting," Sgt. James Housley, Di­vision of State Police, Kentucky Department of Public Safety.

II. STRUCTURES-Student Center Theatre, C. G. Cook, Director, Division of Bridges, Kentucky Department of Highways, Presiding.

1. "New Developments in Concrete Bridge De­sign-Ultimate Strength Design," Rupert Bul­lock, Midwest Regional Structural Engineer, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Illi­nois.

2. "Developments in Box Girder Designs," R. S. Fountain, Industry Representative, Highway Marketing, U.S. Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl­vania.

3. "Emphasis on Finished Appearance- A Profes­sional Responsibility," G. F. Vansant, Jr., As­sistant Projects Management Engineer, Ken­tucky Department of Highways.

III. COUNTY AND RURAL ROADS-Student Cen­ter, Room 206, H. H. Sandusky, Director, Di­vision of Rural Road, Kentucky Department of Highways, Presiding.

1. "Kentucky Uniform Traffic Manual," K. B. Johns, Operations Management Engineer, Kentucky Department of Highways.

2. "Programming for Rural Road Improvements," J.P. Hunter, District Engineer, Kentucky De­

. partment of Highways, Bowling Green, Ken­tucky.

3. "State Aid to County Roads," Judge J. M. Cau­dill, Letcher County, Whitesburg, Kentucky.

4. "County Road Administration," Judge W. Pel­ham McMurry, McCracken County, Paducah, Kentucky.

IV. RIGHT OF WAY AND LEGAL AFFAIRS­Student Center, Room 245, Carl H. Bradley, Director, Division of Right of Way, Kentucky Department of Highways, Presiding.

1. "Title Searches," Henry C. Smith, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Legal Affairs, Ken­tucky Department of Highways.

2. "Engineering Description on Deeds," Charles J. Henry, Jr., Chief Design Engineer, Division of Design, Kentucky Department of High­ways.

3. "Deed Preparation," Thomas P. Mason, Chief Negotiator, Division of Right of Way, Ken­tucky Department of Highways.

4. "Recording of Deeds," A. T. Houser, McCracken County Clerk, Paducah, Kentucky.

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