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Economic impact of closing low-volume rural bridges.

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  • Creators:
    Mulinazzi, Thomas E. ; Fitzsimmons, Eric J. ; Schrock, Steven D. ; Roth, Rachel
  • Corporate Creators:
    University of Kansas
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  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Kansas
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Kansas. Dept. of Transportation
  • Abstract:
    The State of Kansas has approximately 25,464 bridges that are located on the state, county and ; city roadway network. As the infrastructure in Kansas ages, bridges can become structurally ; deficient or functionally obsolete. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) defines ; a bridge as structurally deficient if an inspector determines the bridge deck, superstructure, ; substructure, culverts and retaining walls are not able to support today’s federal legal ; loads (KDOT, 2008). A bridge that is defined as functionally obsolete consists of design ; characteristics, which could include narrow width, inadequate clearance beneath, condition ; of the structure, or deficient approaching roadway alignment (KDOT, 2008). Limited research ; has been performed that specifically investigates advantages and/or disadvantages of closing ; a bridge on a rural low volume road. The objective of this research project was to determine ; a cost comparison of replacing and/or repairing a rural low volume structurally deficient ; bridge, versus closing the same bridge and finding the change in vehicle operating cost based ; on the proposed driver detour.
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  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25697/dot_25697_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.05 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    US Transportation Collection
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:54250922da3d5dddcf3068647f66d2aef2ea599efb969cf07d1decf3a71b5ab06df3c04272aec99132cc3af51b6500410568bce1fef3304b6a6e41a3e4c291d0
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