"The synthesis describes the current state of the practice regarding state transportation agency standards and strategies that determine and define the service life of drainage pipe. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying state transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search."--Avant-propos.

TRB's National Cooerative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 303: Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Culverts summarizes the state of the practice of pipe assessment, the selection of appropriate repair or rehabilitation methods, and the management aspects of a pipe program.

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 474: Service Life of Culverts explores the time during which a culvert is expected to provide a desired function with a specified level of maintenance established at the design or retrofit stage. This study is an update of NCHRP Synthesis 254: Service Life of Drainage Pipe (1998), which itself was an update of NCHRP Synthesis 50: Durability of Drainage Pipe (1978). Developments in plastic pipe, fiber-reinforced concrete pipe, polymeric-coated metal pipe, recycled materials, larger and more diverse structures, and sophisticated analytical soil-structure interaction modeling within the past 15 years led to the development of this report." --

"The synthesis describes the current state of the practice regarding state transportation agency standards and strategies that determine and define the service life of drainage pipe. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying state transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search."--Avant-propos.

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.

"This synthesis will be of a special interest and usefulness to design and materials engineers and others seeking information on corrosion and abrasion of drainage pipe. Durability guidelines are presented to permit selection of appropriate pipe materials for given design conditions."--Avant-propos.