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RFP: Bridge Superstructure Tolerance to Total and Differential Foundation Movements

2013-04-25
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop procedures to (1) determine the acceptable levels of bridge foundation movements based upon superstructure tolerance to total and differential movements considering service and strength limit states, and (2) propose revisions to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load Resistance Factor Design…

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New International Trade Crossing Takes another Step Forward

2013-04-25
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AASHTO Journal, 19 April 2013 Michigan’s New International Trade Crossing hit another milestone last week after obtaining a federal permit needed to move the project forward. The bridge is expected to enhance the $70 billion-per-year trade relationship between Canada and the State of Michigan. “This is all about jobs for today and tomorrow,” Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said in…

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Bridge Preservation: A Wise Investment

2013-04-25
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Concrete Repair Bulletin, March / April 2013 International Concrete Repair Institute Article by Lorella Angelini According to the National Bridge Inventory, there are more than 600,000 highway bridges in the United States. Most of these bridges (98%) are owned by state and local governments, whereas the remaining 2% are federally or privately owned.  The average age of these bridges…

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Slope Failure Investigation Management System

2013-04-19
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The Maryland State Highway Administration has released a report that presents a framework for developing a system that tracks, records, evaluates, analyzes, and reviews soil slope failure and remediation data by using a GIS database and a collective overlay of maps. Read the Report

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High Performance Concrete Specifications and Practices for Bridges

2013-04-19
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 441: High Performance Concrete Specifications and Practices for Bridges documents the types of specifications and practices used by state transportation agencies to produce high performance concrete for bridges. The report also identifies specifications and practices reported as having improved concrete performance and those that have been less successful. Read the NCHRP Synthesis…

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Permit for bridge approved; [Michigan Governor] Snyder says span is about ‘jobs today and tomorrow’

2013-04-19
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Crain’s Detroit Business, 12 April 2013 Artist’s rendering of the New International Trade Crossing bridge as seen from the Windsor side. Gov. Rick Snyder today called the $2.1 billion New International Trade Crossing a gateway for “jobs today and tomorrow” after the U.S. Department of State issued a key permit for what would be a second bridge over the…

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California DOT Breaks Ground on Interchange Project to Increase Safety, Reduce Congestion

2013-04-19
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AASHTO Journal, 12 April 2013 California Department of Transportation last week broke ground on an interchange project in Monterey County that will cut down on the area’s congestion while also making the area safer for drivers. Caltrans’ $69 million project will remove three intersections on U.S. Highway 101 and replace them with a new interchange, located near Red Barn…

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Rhode Island DOT Launches Bridge Preservation Program to Save Money and Extend Life of I-95 Bridges

2013-04-19
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AASHTO Journal, 12 April 2013 Rhode Island Department of Transportation officials joined Gov. Lincoln Chaffee last week to announce the launch of an I-95 bridge preservation program that will help to keep the bridges on the interstate in good shape for a longer period of time, ultimately saving taxpayer dollars. RIDOT said the program’s goal is to “address issues…

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Cracked concrete: A fix-it-first warning for Olympia[, Washington]

2013-04-12
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“Crosscut Public Media”, 12 April 2013 If state lawmakers want us to weigh in on a proposal (and taxes) to fund new transportation projects, they better make sure the plan includes fixing our crumbling roads and bridges. Read the Article by Douglas B. MacDonald, Washington State Secretary of Transportation, 2001-2007     

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Design Guide for Bridges for Service Life

2013-04-12
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Renewal Project R19A has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Design Guide for Bridges for Service Life that provides information and defines procedures to systematically design new and existing bridges for service life and durability. Read the Pre-publication

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Loose Oil Tanker Crashes into Bridge Connecting New Hampshire and Maine, Structural Damage Found

2013-04-12
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AASHTO Journal, 5 April 2013 An oil tanker that broke free from the pier at which it was docked floated along the Piscataqua River and ran into the Sarah Long Bridge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Monday, causing structural damage to the bridge. The crossing serves as a major connection between New Hampshire and Maine and the bridge will…

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Evaluation of Design Methods to Determine Scour Depths for Bridge Structures

2013-04-11
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The Louisiana Transportation Research Center has released a report that evaluates the applicability of the Federal Highway Administration’s Hydraulic Engineering Circular documents method to Louisiana bridges situated on cohesive soils as a way to develop a design method for scour depth and scour rate prediction. Read the Report

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Performance-Based Seismic Bridge Design

2013-04-11
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 440, Performance-Based Seismic Bridge Design (PBSD) summarizes the current state of knowledge and practice for PBSD. PBSD is the process that links decision making for facility design with seismic input, facility response, and potential facility damage. The goal of PBSD is to provide decision makers and stakeholders with data that will…

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Caltrans Reviews whether Bay Bridge Project Broken Bolts Failed Tests

2013-04-11
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Tom Warne Report, 8 April 2013 Sacramento Bee – April 2, 2013 The California Department of Transportation announced this week that it is looking into whether the large bolts that broke last month on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project had not passed quality control test by the department’s materials lab. Dyson Corp. of Ohio manufactured the bolts which…

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Broken Bolts Threaten Bay Bridge Opening

2013-04-10
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Tom Warne Report, 2 April 2013 San Francisco Chronicle – March 27, 2013 The discovery of broken bolts on part of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is putting extra pressure on bridge officials working toward the opening of the $6.4 billion project in just five months. Caltrans toll bridge program manager Tony Anziano said they intend…

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WashDOT Taps Former Administrator to Study Troubled Bridge

2013-04-10
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Tom Warne Report, 22 March 2013 The Seattle Times – March 15, 2013 The new head of Washington state’s transportation department announced this week that she has hired an expert to review the I-5 Columbia River Crossing, Highway 520 bridge and Highway 99 tunnel. Secretary Lynn Peterson announced that the former director of two of those projects, Ron Paananen,…

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2013 ASCE Report Card Links Underinvestment to Deteriorating Infrastructure

2013-03-19
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AASHTO News, 19 March 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), commends the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for its comprehensive assessment of the nation’s current infrastructure conditions and needs. The 2013 Report Card finds that inadequate investment has resulted in deteriorating U.S. infrastructure. “This Report Card accentuates the need for a…

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Press Release: TRB’s IDEA Program Delivers Innovation in Award-Winning Hybrid Composite Beam

2013-03-19
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On March 21, 2013, HC Bridge will receive the Charles Pankow Award for Innovation from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for development of the hybrid composite beam (HCB®) for highway and railway bridges. John Hillman, president of HC Bridge, credits the success of his technology to the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs….

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NY Thruway Announces Project Director for New Tappan Zee Bridge

2013-03-13
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Tom Warne Report, 8 March 2013 New York State Thruway Authority – March 5, 2013 The project manager well known for the quick replacement of the collapsed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis has been hired to manage one of the largest bridge projects in the U.S. The New York State Thruway Authority has announced Peter Sanderson as project manager for…

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St. Croix River Bridge Foundation work is Awarded

2013-03-13
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Tom Warne Report, 8 March 2013 Saint Paul Pioneer Press – March 4, 2013 Transportation officials have announced the winner of a contract to build the foundation of the new St. Croix River bridge south of Stillwater. Edward Kraemer and Sons of Plain, Wis., was awarded the $36.7 million contract this week, according to Jon Chiglo, Minnesota Department of…

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North Carolina DOT, FHWA Administrator Examine Progress of Major Interchange Project

2013-03-11
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AASHTO Journal, 8 March 2013 Officials from the North Carolina Department of Transportation were joined by Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez to update the public on the progress of the I-85 interchange project in Charlotte. The $92 million interchange (including $50.6 million of federal funding), which aims at cutting traffic congestion on I-77 and many local streets, has already…

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Are Highways Crumbling? State and U.S. Highway Performance Trends, 1989–2008

2013-03-08
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The Reason Foundation has released a report that discusses the condition of the United States’ roads and bridges based on data from the Highway Performance Monitoring System, the National Bridge Inventory, the Fatal Accident Reporting System, and the Texas Transportation Institute’s reports on urban congestion.  Read the Report

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Long-Term Bridge Performance Committee Letter Report: February 19, 2013

2013-03-08
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On February 19, 2013, TRB’s Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Committee sent its third letter report to Victor Mendez, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The committee provides advice and assistance on the conduct of the LTBP program, which is designed to collect research-quality data on a large representative sample of in-service U.S. highway bridges and to analyze these…

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Structures 2012

2013-03-07
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2313 discusses 21 papers on topics including general structures; steel bridges; concrete bridges; field testing and nondestructive evaluation of transportation structures; tunnels and underground structures; culverts and hydraulic structures; structural fiber-reinforced polymers; and critical transportation infrastructure protection. Read TRR Journal Number 2313

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SHRP 2 Project Brief: Meeting the Challenges of Rapid Renewal Projects

2013-03-07
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that summarizes SHRP 2 Renewal projects that are designed to help transportation agencies deal with the unique challenges that rapid highway renewal techniques present. The brief describes tools that agencies can use to mitigate worker and manager fatigue, develop and apply performance specifications, manage risk and…

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