This report synthesizes information from a desk scan of bridge construction procedures and processes of participating State transportation agencies (DOTs) and summarizes the proceedings of a peer exchange discussing these topics. The peer exchange was held on December 5-6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. Sessions of the peer exchange consisted of pr
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Part-time shoulder use (PTSU) has recently become an accepted active transportation and demand management strategy for periods of capacity-related congestion. When FHWA published Use of Freeway Shoulders for Travel—Guide for Planning, Evaluating, and Designing Part-Time Shoulder Use as a Traffic Management Strategy in 2016, there was a void in info
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Central Federal Lands Highway Division
2024-06-01
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This document provides a guide to the Central Federal Lands standard procedure for calculating and representing earthwork volumes in the plans. Typically, earthwork representation in the plans includes the Grading Summary and cross sections. On larger jobs a Mass Haul Diagram will be included. This guide applies to both internal designers and A/E c
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
2024-06-01
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This fact sheet highlights the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (DOT’s) Clear Roads Winter Maintenance Research (Clear Roads) Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) study is one of the winners of the inaugural 2024 TPF Excellence Awards. The Clear Roads study was selected from a competitive field of 11 applicants for its extensive collaboration w
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2024-06-01
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Innovator
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Innovator, published by the FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation, advances implementation of innovative technologies and processes in the highway industry. Its audience is transportation professionals in highway agencies, trade and research groups, academia and the private sector, and the driving public.
Some industrial wastes (often called industrial byproducts, waste products, or waste materials) can be used as replacements for virgin aggregates or pozzolans, reducing the need for additional virgin material and saving landfill space that would otherwise be used for industrial waste disposal. These industrial wastes include fly ash from coal combu
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
2024-06-01
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This fact sheet provides an overview of Indiana Department of Transportation's (DOT’s) Member-level Redundancy in Built-up Steel Members Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) study. It is one of the winners of the inaugural 2024 TPF Excellence Awards. This study, selected from a competitive field of 11 applicants, advanced research that addressed the an
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-06-01
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This document addresses the most common Section 508 checks and common Section 508 issues encountered when remediating a PDF. This document may not cover all aspects of Section 508 and PDF remediation.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-06-01
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) uses digital as-builts (DABs) as a method to generate project- and asset-specific data during the design and construction phases. These data are then exported into an enterprise geographic information system (GIS) for use in the post-construction phase. DABs are pivotal to CTDOT’s goal of maintai
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
2024-06-01
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This fact sheet provides an overview of how the ENTERPRISE program, currently led by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) enables partners to address common transportation challenges through intelligent transportation system (ITS) solutions.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-06-01
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Safety Compass Newsletter
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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Safety Compass newsletter aims to increase highway safety awareness and to provide resources to the highway safety community to help save lives. The newsletter is published three times a year, and includes articles on safety-focused offerings from FHWA, other DOT modes; our State, Local, and Tribal partne
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This quarterly newsletter provides updates on the activity of the Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF). This issue includes: New TPF Resources Open Solicitations Active Studies TPF Excellence Award Winners Announced Soon.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Preconstruction, Construction, and Pavements
2024-05-31
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The Profile Viewer and Analyzer (ProVAL) is a software that was initially developed to provide a means to view and analyze pavement profiles efficiently and robustly, as part of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) smoothness initiative. ProVAL imports, displays, and analyzes the characteristics of pavement profiles from many different sources
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2024-05-30
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Gasoline Product Supplied report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Administration
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Bridges and Structures
2024-05-29
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HY-8 automates culvert hydraulic computations utilizing a number of essential features that make culvert analysis and design easier. An HY-8 User Manual is included with the software installation (access via 'Help' button on top toolbar) to provide important information on the technical features, capabilities, and limitations of the software.Improv
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2024-05-22
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Gasoline Product Supplied report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Administration
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-05-16
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is pleased to offer three training courses on integrating Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) into planning, project development, and ongoing TSMO programs. The three web-based training courses are being offered through NHI. Courses 1 and 2 use a self-paced format, and Course 3 is real-t
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2024-05-15
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Gasoline Product Supplied report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Administration
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Complete streets are a set of transportation policies, planning approaches, design practices, and operational strategies focused on improving safety, accessibility, and mobility for all road users regardless of their age, ability, and mode of transportation. The purpose of this report is to summarize the Complete Streets modeling capabilities and g
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