The classification of forest roads is essential because it allows communication without terminology problems, providing subsidies to the planning, implementation, conservation and evaluation of the existing roads. The objective of this work was to elaborate a classification of forest roads and their respective construction costs and apply this classification to a Brazilian forest company. Through the combination of quality indexes, 20different classes of roads were obtained with their respective transport vehicle operational speed and 120 different types of roads were obtained with their respective construction costs. In the area where this work was conducted, three categories of road were observed: main, secondary and tertiary, with construction cost estimate of R$9050.00, R$4050.00 and R$2937.00/km, respectively.
Forest roads; classification; costs; construction
