Evaluación de las vías urbanas en el cantón Ambato del sector comprendido entre la av. Galo Vela Álvarez, av. Albert Einstein, av. Benjamín Franklin, av. Thomas Alva

Abstract

Within the titling project, there is a need to evaluate the current state of urban roads in the Ambato canton, since its infrastructure is visibly affected due to the existing traffic load in the area. In the first place, a visual evaluation of the roads was carried out in order to determine the different types of faults present in the wearing course. For the analysis of the pathologies in the pavement, we proceeded with the collection of information where the geographical coordinates, the name of the road, the affected area and the level of deterioration were recorded. In addition, the PCI method was used within the most extensive roads to be able to determine the type of maintenance and their status. Within the study area, failures in flexible pavement were identified, where it was evidenced that the predominant failures are longitudinal and transverse cracks and block cracking. Once the data collection was completed, the information was entered into a database through the ArcGIS program, which allows the types of faults to be identified according to their geolocation and respective characteristics.