Caracterización cuantitativa y cualitativa de la patología víal del casco urbano de Tunja.

Abstract

Regarding to mobility, the road network in Tunja, never worked properly, like many other infrastructure systems. The goal of this research is to introduce a diagnosis in a general way, about the current detriment in the roads. These damages in the surface, and also in the structure, affect hard to the service offered by the roads. Usually, many researches have been made but they are difficult because of the methodologies applied. That is why this research proposes a method of evaluation of damages, since a length of road can be analyzed in a short term of time. This project regards to projects from other authors, and the method is explained completely. After being applied the method in more than 20 km of roads in 17 urban areas, the results were high rates of damage in rigid pavements, used for tertiary roads. Generally, the road network worked acceptable for the most of users. Only a 10 percent classifies in a bad condition. Among the type of damages most common are block cracks, peeling of the asphalt, plant growth and numerous patches that are insufficient to solve the demand of evolving damage. The arrangement of the public constructions in these results is a big influence, and the final recommendation is to identify in a better way the most affected sectors and to do a highest investment not only in the main roads, but also in the little percentage of the road network that requires repairs as soon.