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Several modifications were made in the design of a glass-reinforced plastic girder in an effort to improve its load-deflection performance characteristics. The addition of lateral ties between the lower chords of adjacent girders in a trisectional structure significantly reduced the horizontal displacements of the sections due to vertical loads. Co
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The first two telephone surveys for the Fairfax ASAP were conducted during June and December of 1975. During each, 500 ASAP area residents randomly selected from the Northern Virginia phone book were called and were interviewed using a standard questionnaire. The sample was stratified by sex and partially age. Differences between survey results wer
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To assess current trends in the effectiveness of the public information and education countermeasure of the Fairfax Alcohol Safety Action Project, two pieces of survey type research are conducted on a periodic basis. The roadside survey has been conducted annually since 1971, the year before the Fairfax ASAP became operational. The telephone survey
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This paper describes some suggested revisions in the format of and method and procedures for compiling the Annual Highway Safety Work Program (AHSWP) required of the states by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Prior to fiscal year 1972, the states were required to send little information to the NHTSA (then the National Hig
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It was concluded that the electrical resistivity test was not ideally suitable as an inspection tool, but was the only currently available nondestructive test for determining the effectiveness of a waterproof membrane system. Considerable judgment and care were needed to properly conduct the test and interpret its results, but experience in a proje
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Three construction projects affecting streams are being monitored. On two of the projects, those affecting Meadow Run and Moores Creek, the streams are being monitored for flow, suspended solids, rainfall, and benthic populations. Construction has been completed on these projects and the monitoring program is being curtailed. The third project, whi
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New proprietary products in three areas of siltation and erosion control were evaluated. Hold/Gro and Griffnet materials were evaluated for use as slope stabilizers and were compared with the Department's present method of straw tacked with an asphalt emulsion. Griffolyn T-55 was evaluated for use in the construction of downdrains, and was compared
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Along a section of Interstate 77 in Carroll County, it was necessary to construct a fill approximately 256 ft deep. The flow of a mountain stream had to be carried through this massive embankment and, because of the nature of the terrain, it was decided to use a temporary steel culvert and a permanent concrete culvert. Deflection gage data were obt
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The pH values above and below concrete structures in streams on nine active construction projects throughout the state were determined. It was concluded that for streams with flow rates of 0.3 to 111.25 cfs (0.01 to 3.2 cubic meter/see) the variations in the pH levels of the water above and below the concrete structures were within; the acceptable
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This study was conducted for the Highway Safety Division of Virginia in cooperation with the Traffic Records Information System Project initiated by the Governor's Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety, Wayne A. Whitham. The objective is the definition and description of the information requirements of the Highway Safety Division which may
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The installation of two fabrics, Petromat and Mirafi, to reduce reflection cracking on Route 17 in Gloucester County in- August 1976 is described. A brief review of the performance of previous installations is included. Finally, it is recommended that additional fabric installations be the responsibility of the Maintenance Division.
Prior to 1932, road maintenance and construction in Virginia were largely the responsibility of the individual county governments. Bridge construction projects, based on local requirements, formed a natural part of these activities. Local responsibility very often resulted in a rich variety of bridge designs built by an equally diverse group of bri
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Information is reported on the labor, equipment, material, and cost required for seven bridge maintenance situations in which state forces widened or replaced an existing short span structure. Precast concrete slabs were installed at three of the locations, concrete slabs were cast at the site at two of the locations, and steel stringer-timber deck
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The deterioration of jointed portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements on the interstate system in Virginia has created a need for full-depth and partial-depth repairs. In this report, efforts related to full-depth repairs are described and discussed, Such repairs have utilized both cast-in-place and precast materials. Rapid and permanent repairs ha
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The Fairfax ASAP, one of 35 federally funded alcohol countermeasure projects designed to attack the problem of drunken drivers on the highways, was implemented at the community level in January 1972. This report summarizes the results of data obtained to measure the project's impact on the selected ultimate performance indicators at the end of the
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The results of the 1974 Household Survey of the Fairfax Alcohol Safety Action Project indicated an unimpressive level of factual knowledge which had not increased significantly since the 1973 survey. There were virtually no meaningful shifts in the respondents' perceptions of the risks of driving while under the influence of alcohol or of their att
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During nine consecutive days in late January 1974, four major metropolitan areas of the state of Virginia were surveyed in an effort to determine seat belt use by urban travelers. Observer data collectors were stationed at selected signalized intersections. Motorists in the lane adjacent to the curb were shown a clipboard lettered with the question
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Safety belt usage or non-usage was noted for drivers fatally injured in motor vehicle accidents in Virginia during fiscal year 1974. Data were obtained from FR300 accident report forms and available corresponding medical examiner's reports, and only those drivers in whose motor vehicles safety belts had been installed and whose deaths could be dire
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Extensive studies of over 800 miles of divided interstate pavements constructed prior to July 1, 1975, are reported. The studies included those of performance adequacy and the identification of certain factors which appeared to adversely affect performance. The studies showed that Virginia interstate pavements have performed very well in spite of s
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