Snow cover and icing of pavement are dangerous to traffic. There are many countries troubled by this disaster. Many efforts have been made against the snow and ice disasters in Europe, North America and Japan. But it is just at the beginning in China. The state of the art and development tendency of snow and ice melting techniques are summarized and analyzed in this research. Snow melting agent and machine removing are popular; however, they have environmental problems and can not remove snow and ice in time. Geothermal utilization, electric heating and improving pavement materials, still in the searching stage in small scope, are not widespread. It is suggested that, under the current situation of melting techniques, snow melting plan should be made to deal with the snow and ice weather, especially for key roads, streets and bridges. In addition, developing an early warning system for the weather of snowy and snow disaster on roads is important. Researches on environmentally benign and intelligent melting techniques should be encouraged also.

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