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TRANSCEND: Development of a Cold Region, Rural Transportation Research Testbed in Lewistown, Montana
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2013-04-16
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Abstract:This report summarizes a multi-year effort to develop, construct, and utilize TRANSCEND, a cold region, rural transportation research test bed facility at the Lewistown, Montana airport. Starting in 2003, the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University (WTI) and the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) worked with local, state, and federal partners to develop field research initiatives at the site. In 2007, through the sponsorship of the Research and Innovative Technologies Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the partners initiated a comprehensive research program at the site. Preliminary tasks included completion of a review of other large scale transportation research facilities, a needs assessment to document existing conditions and facility requirements at the site, and the creation of an advisory committee to guide research activities. Partners constructed and deployed new facilities and infrastructure at the site, including a pump house, office/shop, water storage reservoir, well system, high pressure water main, electricity and power lines. Additional infrastructure installed or deployed over life of project included a snowmaking system, a weather station, communications systems, and a storage building.
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