March 2002

Concrete Roads

Aggressively Pursuing

March 21, 2002
In 1998, the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) initiated and led the most dramatic initiative in the history of the concrete pavement industry to reunite and revitalize...
Road Construction

Finding the Space for It

March 21, 2002
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) used an unbonded overlay project on I-265, the Gene Snyder Freeway, as a testing ground for new methods, designs and specifications—...
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And now these messages

March 21, 2002
Advertise here. Every once in awhile I come across a billboard with those two simple words on a busy interstate system. And what better way to promote the highway industry than...
GPS

Changing climate

March 21, 2002
If only Wisconsin’s economic lights worked as well as the new high-intensity discharge lights on its snowplows, the state might be able to forecast the funding climate.
Infrastructure Security

Answering No. 34

March 21, 2002
State and local governments are continually looking for better systems and strategies to manage their physical assets. The largest and possibly the most viable of these assets...

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Bridges

Jigsaw bridge puzzle

March 21, 2002
When the Virginia Department of Transportation needed to replace the mainline structure of the I-95 James River Bridge, they knew it had to happen without affecting rush-hour ...
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Its one big roadeo in Texas

March 21, 2002
When congestion strikes, people are treated like Texas cattle. Hundreds are trying to move in, but the gate is only so wide.
Road Construction

Young and Eager

March 21, 2002
The maturity method is a simple nondestructive way of determining the strength of concrete pavement so it can be opened to traffic as soon as it achieves the required strength...
Snow and Ice Removal

Unveiling discoveries in Columbus

Feb. 21, 2002
p class=MsoNormal>"The" can’t be stressed enough in Columbus, Ohio. Higher education rules in this town, where Buckeye-crazed locals refer to the largest institution...