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Lateral load tests were conducted on three drilled shafts in predominantly CH soil. Shaft sizes varied from 30 in. (760 mm) to 36 in. (910 mm) in diameter and 15ft. (4.6 m) to 20ft. (6.1 m) in length. Loads were applied incrementally at a point 2.6 ft (790 mm) above the ground surface. Duration of the tests was 57, 24 and 205 days. Measurements of
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1981-01-01
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Submitted in compliance of Section 11 of the Department of Transportation Act, the thirteenth annual report of the Department of Transportation accounts the Department's activities during Fiscal Year 1979.
Paved shoulders in Texas are used by many drivers for making a large variety of traffic maneuvers and for satisfying numerous driving task demands. Unfortunately, there is little information as to the types and frequencies of this usage and the impacts and conditions under which they occur. This report documents research that was directed at provid
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The majority of previous land use impact studies have been devoted to investigating the effects that new highway construction has on land use change and development. In view of the new emphasis placed upon upgrading and redesigning existing facilities rather than building new ones, highway planners need information relative to the influence that ex
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This report documents the results of a human factors laboratory study conducted in Texas to evaluate driver understanding of 13 work zone flagger signals. A total of 123 motorists participated in the study, with 23 to 73 motorists viewing each signal. The signals evaluated included: 1) seven standard signals recommended in the 1980 Texas MUTCD, 2)
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The magnitude of potential highway user benefits and costs resulting from proposed highway improvements must be estimated with a reasonable degree of accuracy for highway agencies to make rational decisions in the public interest. The Highway Economic Evaluation Model (HEEM) has been developed for that purpose. One of the important aspects of the m
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Previous land use studies about the effects of highway construction have focused mainly on the effects of new construction. Due to the present emphasis on upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the effects on land use of such improvements. This report relates the finding
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Previous studies of highway construction effects on land use have focused mainly upon the effects of the construction of new highways. In view of a new emphasis upon upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the land use effects of such improvements. This report relates the
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This report presents an evaluation of the Contraflow Lane Project on the I-45 North Freeway in Houston. The purpose of this study is to assess the impacts of the contraflow lane on the operational characteristics of all freeway users. The Contraflow Lane Project is described and the usage of the priority lane for the first 12 months of operation is
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This report provides annotations of over 90 publications that were relevant to the objectives of a research study on the development of traffic information for estimation of mobile source emissions for air quality modeling. The abstracts reviewed, while not complete or comprehensive, are representative of the current literature. Emphasis was placed
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Five fly ashes produced in Texas from sub-bituminous coals and lignites were analyzed in terms of variability and their effect on fresh properties of mortars. As these fly ashes contain significant quantities of CaO, a rapid and reliable method of determining the total CaO content was developed. Using the CaO Heat Evolution Test. the CaO content ca
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The Rehabilitation and Maintenance System - State Optimal Fund Allocation Program II (RAMS-SOFA-2) has been developed to aid the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in determining the optimal statewide strategy and fund allocation district by district. The program is specially designed to make decisions on rehabilitation an
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The formulation and solution of the multi-year District Rehabilitation And Maintenance problem is presented. The problem is formulated as a 0-1 integer nonlinear programming problem (INLP) and the solution methodology uses the concepts of relaxation, decomposition, and network formulation to convert the 0-1 INLP problem into 0-1 integer linear prog
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The patterns of pavement roughness caused by expansive clays are due largely to the underlying patterns of cracks in the subgrade soil mass. The cracks will be closer together when the soil is more active and when the climatic wetting and drying cycles have greater influence. The cracking patterns in the soil and the consequent roughness patterns a
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Evaluations of traffic paint markings were conducted in an effort to determine their daytime and nighttime functionality. Included in the project initially were two formulations supplied by FHWA, a 50/50 blend of the white and yellow traffic paint currently used by the SDHPT, and the yellow traffic paint currently used by SDHPT. These traffic marki
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Important experience has been gained in the successful use of sulfur extended-asphalt (SEA) binder in an open graded friction course (OGFC) in field trials conducted on Loop 495 in Nacogdoches, Texas on August 7 and 8, 1980. This project was the first whereby the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (SDHPT) has used SEA in an 'OGF
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In the fall of 1979, the Oregon State Highway Division and Oregon State University, with participation from the University of Washington, initiated a research project to study the impact of variations in material properties on asphalt pavement life. The study is aimed at developing a rational approach to assessing the effects of variations from spe
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The study reported here has revealed very poor agreement between air contents determined by the Chace air indicator (CAI) and those by the pressure method. In tests of highway concretes the pressure method gave values typically 30% higher than anticipated based on the CAI readings, which could result in the production of concrete with lower than an
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In April of 1980, a joint decision between Research Council personnel and representatives of the Department of Education was reached, and a project was undertaken by the Research Council to provide a software system to process the annual Driver Education status report questionnaire. The primary function of this software system is to provide two rep
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