PCR (Local)
Pavement condition ratings on Ohio's local road system — the 0-to-100 score ODOT's pavement engineers assign from observed distress such as cracking, rutting and patching. The lower the rating, the sooner the pavement needs work.
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- Ohio Department of Transportation TIMS
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What each record holds, as the publisher describes it: 134 fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
ObjectID OBJECTID | |
PCR_HISTORY_ID | PCR History ID |
PCR_YEAR | Year in which conditions of pavements on road in speed zone were last collected and processed by the pavement engineering group |
PERP_YEAR | Calendar year in which a RI event occurs (like new constructions, abandoning of roads, annexations, increase in speed limit, and so on) on a roadway and is recorded in ODOT’s RI database |
RATED_DATE | Date the roadway was rated |
ODOT_DISTRICT | From 1-12 plus Central Office – the counties are grouped into districts in Ohio for ease of maintenance and funding |
COUNTY_CD | The 3-letter code of the county within Ohio (88 counties total) |
NLFID | Primary key field that allows ODOT’s graphic roadway network geometric segments to be linked to business data attributes |
JURISDICTION | One-letter code indicating the primary legal authority of the speed zone - one component of the NLFID |
ROUTE_TYPE | Two letter code indicating the basic transportation grouping or system that the speed zone belongs to- third component of the NLFID |
ROUTE_NBR | Route number associated with the section of the route |
ROUTE_SUFFIX | Single letter used with the route number in local and municipal systems to guarantee uniqueness |
DIRECTION_CD | Direction Code |
CTL_BEGIN | Logpoint County Begin Number – the location within the county where the route begins |
CTL_END | Logpoint County End Number – the location within the county where the route ends |
DIVIDED_HWY | Indicates whether a roadway section is part of a divided highway |
FUNCTIONAL_CLASS | The organization of roadways into a hierarchy based on the character of service provided. Typical classifications include arterial, local, and collector roadways. |
URBAN_AREA_CODE | U.S. Census Urban Area Code associated with the section of roadway |
AREA_TYPE | When URBAN_AREA_CODE = '99999' then area type is 'RURAL'; When URBAN_AREA_CODE is less than '99999' then area type is 'URBAN' |
HPMS_SAMPLE_ID | System used by FHWA to collect roadway data from each state to facilitate consistent reporting on the condition and performance of the nation's highways |
LANES | Number of lanes in both directions carrying through traffic |
MAINTENANCE_AUTHORITY | Entity who maintains roadway section; For code descriptions, please refer to the Roadway Information Manual |
ACCESS_CONTROL | Degree of access control for a given section of the road |
NHS | Indicates if the record is included in the National Highway System, a federally designated network of roads, most of which already exist, that are eligible for priority federal aid funding; includes the Interstate system and major State highways |
PRIORITY_SYSTEM | Priority System code associated with the section of the roadway; G-General, P-Priority System, U-Urban |
BASE_TYPE | Code indicating type of base material on roadway segment associated with record, please reference Roadway Information manual |
SURFACE_TYPE | Roadway top layer, i.e., Brick (B), Concrete (D), Bituminouse Concrete Road (G), Bitumminous Cold Mix Road (K), Chipseal or Micro (L), Gravel (M), Right-of-way Only (X) |
PAVE_TYPE | Pavement type as used in the Pavement Condition Rating Process i.e. Composite, Flexible |
SURFACE_WIDTH | The surface width on the right side of the roadway traveling in the cardinal direction. This number indicates only the width of the driving lanes right of the centerline |
ROADWAY_WIDTH_NBR | The entire width of the roadway, including all driving lanes and shoulders. This number could include some gravel shoulders. Does not include medians |
PCR_NBR | Pavement Condition Rating Number on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being new pavement not open to traffic |
TOT_PCR_DEDUCT_NBR | The sum of the individul distress deducts calculated from the Pavement Condition Rating |
TOT_STRUCT_DEDUCT_NBR | The sum of the individual distresses that are structural in nature from the Pavement Condition Rating Calculation |
TOT_CRACK_DEDUCT_NBR | The sum of the individual crack distress deducts calculated from the Pavement Conditon Rating Calculation |
TOT_RUT_DEDUCT_NBR | The sum of the rut distress deduct calculated from the Pavement Condtion Rating Calculation |
BASE_FAILURE | Any deviation of the pavement surface from its original shape (other than described for rutting ). This deformation may take the form of bumps, dips, lipping or stepping at cracks, all of which give rise to pitch, roll and jarring drop in a moving vehicle |
BASE_FAILURE_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
BLEEDING | Flushing of excess asphalt binder on the surface of the pavement |
BLEEDING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
BLOCK_TRANS_CRK | Cracking that is formed by interconcected transversed and longitudinal cracking |
BLOCK_TRANS_CRK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
BRICK_DETERIORATION | The breaking up, disintegration¸ or loss of bricks |
BRICK_DETER_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
CORNER_BREAK | A crack in jointed concrete pavement that intersects transverse joints or cracks and a longitudinal edge diagonally. To be considered a corner break, the leg size of the triangular break must be greater than 12 inches. |
CORNER_BREAK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
CORRUGATION | Corrugations refers to the ride quality of various brick pavers. Pavers with very narrow and tight joints and a level surface may have a very smooth ride and minor traffic noise. Pavers with some settlement, open joints, and a rough, uneven surface can produce a very rough ride and significant traffic noise. |
CORRUGATION_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
CROWN | The crown of the road refers to the center of the road being higher than the shoulders. |
CROWN_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
CRACK_SEAL_DEFICIENCY | Crack seal deficiency is crack seal which is no longer effective in preventing intrusion of water or cracks which have never been sealed. |
CRACK_SEAL_DEF_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
DISCOLORATION | The fading of the initial brick color. |
DISCOLORATION_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
DRAINAGE | A system such as roadside ditches, culverts, etc., used to remove surface water on the roadway |
DRAINAGE_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
DUST | Soil and other fines that become airborne under the action traffic over a gravel surface |
DUST_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
EDGE_CRACKING | Edge cracks are longitudinal or crescent shaped cracks found within 1 foot |
EDGE_CRACKING_VALUE | (0.3 m) of the pavement edge line |
FAULTING | The difference in elevation between abutting slabs at transverse joints or cracks in concrete pavements |
FAULTING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
GRAVEL_LAYER | Combination of stone, sand, and other material used as the top surface of a roadway |
GRAVEL_LAYER_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
JOINT_REF_CRK | A transverse crack in the asphalt surface of a compsite pavement that is a result of the underlying joint formed by two abutting concrete slabs |
JOINT_REF_CRK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
JOINT_SLT_DMG | A measure of the effectiveness of the material placed on the joint formed by two abutting concrete slabs to prevent water and other material from seeping between the slabs. |
JOINT_SLT_DMG_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
JOINT_EROSION | A wearing away of the area and widening of the spacing between brick pavers. This additional spacing allows water and other materials to seep between the pavers. |
JOINT_EROSION_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
JOINT_SPALLING | The break up or disintegration of the concrete at longitudinal or transverse pavement joints. |
JOINT_SPALLING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
LONGITUDINAL_JOINT_CRACKING | Cracks formed parallel to the centerline of the roadway, and are the result of paving joints, widening joints which have reflected up through the layers of overlay, or the result of gear box segregation. |
LONG_JOINT_CRK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
LONG_JOINT_SPAL | The break up or disintegration of the concrete at longitudinal pavement joints. |
LONG_JOINT_SPAL_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
LONGITUDINAL_CRACKING | A crack or break approximately parallel to the pavement centerline. |
LONG_CRACKING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
LOOSE_AGGREGATE | A movement of soil and other materials to form ridges in center of lanes of a gravel surface. The movement is usually caused by heavy dust action, erosion, etc. |
LOOSE_AGGREGATE_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
MAP_CRACKING | Interconnected cracks that form a series of large polygon blocks which look, overall, like a map. The cracking appears to combine transverse and longitudinal cracks to form this map. |
MAP_CRACKING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
INTER_TRANS_CRK | A transverse crack in the asphalt surface of a compsite pavement that is a reflection of a mid-panel or mid-slab transverse crack in the underlying concrete slab |
INTER_TRANS_CRK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
PATCHING | Patching is either the placing of asphalt concrete on the surface of the existing pavement |
PATCHING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
POPOUT | Cone shaped holes in the pavement surface with aggregates at the bottom and are unrelated to joint or crack spalling. |
POPOUT_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
POTHOLE | Bowl-shaped voids or depressions in the pavement surface. |
POTHOLE_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
PRESSURE_DAMAGE | a bump or hump in the pavement surface at a transverse joint or crack. The upheaval is a result of thermal expansion in the underlying concrete base creating compressive forces. |
PRESSURE_DAMAGE_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
PUMPING | The ejection of fine soil particles through pavement cracks, joints, or along pavement edges. |
PUMPING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
PUNCHOUT | A cracked rectangular area usually along the outside pavement edge. A punchout requires formation of longitudinal crack (usually within the outer wheel track) which connects transverse cracks of the composite pavement. The rectangular punchout area thus is defined by 2 transverse cracks, the longitudinal crack, and the outside pavement edge. |
PUNCHOUT_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
RANDOM_CRACKING | Cracks that do not clearly fit into one of the more-defined categories such as block and transvers, edge, longitudinal, transverse, edge, etc. For example, cracks which meander across or along the pavement would be classified as random cracks. |
RANDOM_CRACKING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
RAVELING | Disintegration of the pavement from the surface downward due to the loss of aggregate particles. |
RAVELING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
RUTTING | Vertical deformations in the pavement surface along the wheel tracks. |
RUTTING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
SURF_DIS_OR_DEBOND | The removal of the asphaltic surface layer from the underlying layer. |
SURF_DIS_DEBOND_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
SETTLEMENT | A dip in the longitudinal profile of the pavement surface. |
SETTLEMENT_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
SHATTERED_SLAB | The breakup of the underlying rigid pavement made evident by surface reflection cracking and/or distortion. |
SHATTERED_SLAB_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
SPALLING | The cracking, breaking, chipping, or fraying of the concrete surface |
SPALLING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
SURFACE_DETERIORATION | Disintegration or loss of concrete from the surface of the pavement. Includes scaling and abrasion. |
SURFACE_DETER_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
TRANSVERSE_CRK | A crack or break at approximately right angles to the pavement centerline. |
TRANSVERSE_CRK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
TRANS_CRK_PL_CONC | A crack or break at approximately right angles to the pavement centerline in plain concrete pavements. |
TRANS_CRK_PL_CONC_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
TRANS_CRK_RF_CONC | A crack or break at approximately right angles to the pavement centerline in reinforced concrete pavements. |
TRANS_CRK_RF_CONC_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
THERMAL_CRACKING | A series of evenly spaced cracks that are oriented perpendicular to the centerline of the roadway. Thermal cracks should be present from edge of pavement to edge of pavement. Distress applies to flexible pavements. |
THERMAL_CRACKING_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
TRANS_CRK_UJ_BASE | A crack or break at approximately right angles to the pavement centerline in a composite pavement that has an unjointed base. |
TRANS_CK_UJ_BASE_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
WASHBOARD | A series of closely-spaced ridges or humps perpendicular to travel direction on a gravel pavement. Ridges are caused by traffic dislodging aggregate. |
WASHBOARD_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
WHEEL_TRACK_CRK | Cracks located within or near the wheel paths. For evaluation purposes, each wheel path shall be considered 3 feet (1 m) in width. |
WHEEL_TRACK_CRK_VALUE | Value of the deduct associated with the Distress |
AADT_PASSENGER | Measure of the Average Annual Daily Traffic passengers (Does not include trucks) |
AADT_TOTAL | Measure of the Average Annual Daily Traffic in total (Includes cars and trucks) |
AADT_BC_TRUCK | Avearage Annual Truck Traffic (Includes all trucks single units and combination units) |
ESAL | Measure of total damage to road in speed zone. ESAL stands for Equivalend Single Axel Load which is a concept developed from data collected at the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) Road Test to establish a damage relationship for com |
AVG_IRI | International Roughness Index (IRI) average, aggregated per PCR section. IRI is measured as vertical inches traveled over a linear mile. |
LEFT_MUNI_NAME | Municipality located to the left of the roadway segment while traveling in the cardinal direction |
CITY_NAME | Name of the City within Ohio |
LEFT_TWP_NAME | Township Name |
TOWNSHIP_NAME | Township located to the left of the roadway segment while traveling in the cardinal direction |