Evaluación de las vías urbanas en el cantón Ambato del sector comprendido entre la avenida Atahualpa, calle Julio Jaramillo Laurido, calle Carlos Rubira Infante, avenida Luis Aníbal Granja

Abstract

This work presents the evaluation of the urban roads of Ambato canton, province of Tungurahua, between Atahualpa Avenue, Julio Jaramillo Laurido Street, Carlos Rubira Infante Street and Luis Anibal Granja Avenue, with the help of an inspection and recognition of the roads to be evaluated and information provided by the GAD Municipalidad de Ambato. By means of a visual inspection, the different pathologies that exist in the flexible, articulated, or rigid pavements were determined, considering the different levels of severity. For the inspection of flexible pavements, the ASTM D6433 standard is used as a reference, while for articulated pavements the scientific article entitled ''Pathology of Articulated Pavements'' is used. For Atahualpa Avenue, Julio Jaramillo Laurido Street and Luis Aníbal Granja Avenue with two lanes each, Sixto María Durán Avenue, Los Chasquis Avenue and Carlos Rubira Infante Street, the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) was calculated. A referential budget was determined for both the roads evaluated visually and for the roads evaluated by the Pavement Condition Index method, and a database was created with the help of a GIS where each anomaly found in the evaluation area is observed. This information will be of great help to the citizens and to the GAD Municipalidad de Ambato, to which the database will be delivered so that it can take the pertinent actions according to what was evaluated.