• ♦Manual Notice 2017-1
• ►1. District Snow and Ice Control Plans
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Road Closures
    • ♦Railroad Grade Crossing
    • ♦Purpose of this Manual
    • ♦Introduction to this Chapter
  • ►2. District Snow and Ice Control Plans
    • ♦Elements of a Snow and Ice Control Plan
    • ♦Objective
    • ♦Maintenance Section Plan
    • ♦Resources
    • ♦Coordination
    • ♦Operations
• ►2. Materials
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Solid Chemical Application Capability
    • ♦Need for Moisture Before Application
  • ►3. Liquid Chemical (Chemical Solution) Application Capability
    • ♦When to Use Liquid Chemicals
  • ►4. Pre-wetted Solid Chemical Application Capability
    • ♦Benefits of Pre-Wetting Solid Chemicals
  • ►5. Recommendations for Use of Liquid Chemicals
    • ♦Using for Snow Storms
    • ♦Pretreatment
    • ♦Early-Storm Treatment
    • ♦Preventing Black Ice
    • ♦Use Caution During Liquid Precipitation Storms
  • ►6. Recommendations for Use of Dry Chemicals
    • ♦Timing is Critical
    • ♦Do Not Use As Pretreatment on Dry Pavement
  • ►7. Chemical Types
    • ♦Sodium Chloride, NaCl
    • ♦Magnesium Chloride
    • ♦Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA)
    • ♦Potassium Acetate
  • ♦8. Brine Application
  • ♦9. Abrasives
  • ♦10. Testing
  • ►11. Environmental Considerations
    • ♦Environmental Effects vs. Benefits
    • ♦Variations in Effects
    • ♦Chemicals in Highway Runoff Not a Major Source of Chloride Contamination
• ►3. Equipment Maintenance
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Dump Trucks
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post-storm activities
  • ►3. Motor-Grader
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►4. Loader
    • ♦Pre -storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►5. Snow Plow
    • ♦Pre – storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►6. V-Box Spreader
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►7. Tail Gate Spreader
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►8. Snow Wing
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►9. Snow Blower
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►10. Herbicide Rig
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
  • ►11. Pickup Applicator
    • ♦Pre-storm activities
    • ♦During the storm activities
    • ♦Post storm activities
• ►4. Purchasing
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Anti/De-icing Materials
    • ♦Blanket Purchases
    • ♦Small Purchases/Emergency Purchases
  • ►3. Major Equipment
    • ♦Definition
    • ♦Funding
    • ♦Specifications
  • ►4. Minor Equipment
    • ♦Definition
    • ♦Funding
  • ►5. Purchase of Parts
    • ♦Distributor Purchase
    • ♦Purchasing Used Repair Parts
  • ►6. Lease of Equipment without Operator
    • ♦Lease vs. Purchase
    • ♦Alternative fuel waiver
  • ►7. Lease of Equipment with Operator
    • ♦When to Use
  • ►8. Lease Purchase Contracts
    • ♦Use When Cost Effective
• ►5. Bridge Maintenance Needs
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Bridge Decks
    • ♦Risks of Chemical Damage
    • ♦Washing the Deck
  • ►3. Bridge Joints
    • ♦Risks of Chemical Damage
    • ♦Bridge Joint Inspection and Cleaning
  • ►4. Bridge Beams
    • ♦Risks of Chemical Damage
    • ♦Repair of Joint Systems
  • ►5. Bridge Caps
    • ♦Risks of Chemical Damage
    • ♦Maintain Joint Systems
  • ►6. Bridge Columns
    • ♦Risks of Chemical Damage
    • ♦Don’t Store Chemicals by Columns
• ►6. Personnel
  • ►1. Responsibilities of Maintenance Supervisors
    • ♦Coordination
  • ►2. Outsourcing
    • ♦Funding
  • ►3. Personnel Scheduling
    • ♦Tracking Employees
    • ♦Training
    • ♦Scheduling Employees with Commercial Driver Licenses
    • ♦Equipment
• ►7. Reporting
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Why Reports are Important
  • ►2. Federal Reporting
    • ♦Tracking Storm Damage Costs
  • ►3. State Reporting
    • ♦Highway Condition Reporting System
  • ►4. District Reporting
    • ♦Reports from Each Maintenance Section
    • ♦What to Include
  • ►5. Local Reporting
    • ♦What to Track
• ►8. Weather Forecasting
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Importance of Accurate Forecasts
  • ►2. Advisories and Warnings
    • ♦Definitions
  • ►3. Winter Storm Stage Definitions
    • ♦Uniform Terminology
    • ♦Ice and Snow Message Library For Message Signs
  • ►4. Weather Information
    • ♦NWS Products and Services
    • ♦Internet Web Sites
    • ♦Private Forecasting Services
    • ♦Roadway Weather Information System
• ►9. Alternate Methods
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Proactive Approaches
  • ►2. Snow Fences
    • ♦Preventing Snow from Drifting onto Highways
    • ♦Where Effective
    • ♦Varieties and Forms
  • ►3. De-Icing & Anti-Icing Systems
    • ♦Definitions
    • ♦Anti-icing
    • ♦Benefits
    • ♦Use with RWIS
    • ♦Types of Application Systems
    • ♦Mobile Application Systems
    • ♦Fixed Application Systems
    • ♦De-icing

Snow and Ice Control Operations Manual

January 2017

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