Automated Road Crack Localization to Guide Highway Maintenance
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16737v1
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:33:58 GMT
- Title: Automated Road Crack Localization to Guide Highway Maintenance
- Authors: Steffen Knoblauch, Ram Kumar Muthusamy, Pedram Ghamisi, Alexander Zipf,
- Abstract summary: This study investigates the potential of open-source data to guide highway infrastructure maintenance.<n>The proposed framework integrates airborne imagery and OpenStreetMap to fine-tune YOLOv11 for highway crack localization.<n>To demonstrate the framework's real-world applicability, a Swiss Relative Highway Crack Density (RHCD) index was calculated.
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- Abstract: Highway networks are crucial for economic prosperity. Climate change-induced temperature fluctuations are exacerbating stress on road pavements, resulting in elevated maintenance costs. This underscores the need for targeted and efficient maintenance strategies. This study investigates the potential of open-source data to guide highway infrastructure maintenance. The proposed framework integrates airborne imagery and OpenStreetMap (OSM) to fine-tune YOLOv11 for highway crack localization. To demonstrate the framework's real-world applicability, a Swiss Relative Highway Crack Density (RHCD) index was calculated to inform nationwide highway maintenance. The crack classification model achieved an F1-score of $0.84$ for the positive class (crack) and $0.97$ for the negative class (no crack). The Swiss RHCD index exhibited weak correlations with Long-term Land Surface Temperature Amplitudes (LT-LST-A) (Pearson's $r\ = -0.05$) and Traffic Volume (TV) (Pearson's $r\ = 0.17$), underlining the added value of this novel index for guiding maintenance over other data. Significantly high RHCD values were observed near urban centers and intersections, providing contextual validation for the predictions. These findings highlight the value of open-source data sharing to drive innovation, ultimately enabling more efficient solutions in the public sector.
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