March 2013

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HURRICANE SANDY: Apple’s bobbing

March 6, 2013
Superstorm Sandy, which hit New York City on Oct. 29, 2012, demonstrated the strengths and limits of the transportation infrastructure in the city and surrounding region.As a ...
Asphalt

HAYES AWARD: CRAB-walking toward Montana

March 6, 2013
When the spring wind picks up in southern Idaho, it can quickly suck the heat out of an asphalt mat, so when Knife River Corp. was paving I-86 a couple of years ago, the crew ...
Asphalt

HAYES AWARD: Day in the sun

March 6, 2013
Sometimes the sun is good for an extra wake-up call.Early on in the I-70 paving project in Licking County, Ohio, Larry Shively saw the UV rays hit a fresh layer of skin and was...
Maintenance

WINTER MAINTENANCE: Help from above

March 6, 2013
Road weather sensors are widely used in road weather information system (RWIS) applications and, to a lesser extent, as components of recent weather-responsive advanced transportation...