Análisis del pavimento de la avenida circunvalación norte desde la avenida Las Palmeras hasta la vía La Primavera en la ciudad de Machala.

Abstract

The present work arises from the problem of an inadequate road service in the stretch of road of Avenida Circunvalación between Avenida Las Palmeras and Vía la Primavera. Given that the pavement has surface defects, the objective was to carry out a surface evaluation of the pavement using the PCI methodology to determine the condition or state of the pavement and based on this result, propose a maintenance or rehabilitation intervention. Visual inspection was the technique used for the evaluation, spending two days collecting data to increase the quality of the result. As a result of the evaluation, an average PCI was determined for all the 16 sample units analyzed, with 36 being the PCI value, therefore, giving a BAD classification of pavement condition in the study road section. The conclusion was reached that milling is a good option as a rehabilitation treatment due to the condition and presence of many failures. However, prior to any rehabilitation, it was recommended that a structural evaluation be carried out to determine if the infrastructure was designed for the demands of future heavy traffic.