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The Connecticut Department of Transportation developed, in 1973, a Statewide Transportation Noise Abatement Program to deal with the growing problem of highway noise in Connecticut. The program provides a mechanism for identifying and evaluating noise impacted areas on a priority basis. A noise abatement project implementation schedule is also developed based on available funding. Two successful noise abatement projects, an earth berm and a wooden wall, have been completed. Noise reductions of up to 10 dBA have been measured at residences located behind these barriers. This paper discusses the program and describes the development and evaluation of the two projects.

This paper appeared in TRB Unpublished Report No. 10, Highway Traffic Noise Mitigation.

Final Rpt.

DOT-FH-11-9490

p. 1-18

1979-3

Transportation Research Board Unpublished Report

Figures (30) ; Tables (8)

Berms; Case studies; Earth; Implementation; Noise barriers; Noise control; Project management; Traffic noise; Walls; Wood structures

Noise reduction; Projects

Administration and Management; Design; Environment; Highways; Marine Transportation; Research

TRIS, TRB, USDOT

Apr 29 1983 12:00AM

• A NOISE BARRIER PARAMETER STUDY
• AN OVERVIEW OF HIGHWAY NOISE ANALYSIS AND ABATEMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS
• BARRIER MATERIALS: SESSION 7 (SOUND BARRIER PLANNING IN VIRGINIA--A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF HIGHWAY SOUND BARRIERS)
• BARRIER SYSTEMS: SESSION 8 (NEVADA'S EXPERIENCES WITH HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIERS)
• CALTRANS FREEWAY TRAFFIC NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA
• CASE HISTORY: NOISE ABATEMENT PROJECT HARBOR TUNNEL THRUWAY HIGHLANDTOWN AREA, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
• COMMUNITY ATTITUDES, BEFORE AND AFTER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION
• COMMUNITY INTERACTION IN BARRIER PROJECTS: SESSION 3
• COMPATIBLE LAND USE NEAR HIGHWAYS
• EFFECTIVE DESIGN OF HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIERS USING THE "NOISE BARRIER DESIGN HANDBOOK"
• FOOTHILL FARMS NOISE BARRIERS
• FREEWAY NOISE BARRIER SYSTEM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA
• HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE MITIGATION
• HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE MITIGATION. INTRODUCTION AND CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
• INSULATION OF BUILDINGS AGAINST HIGHWAY NOISE
• INTERACTION PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE
• LIVING WITH THE BARRIER: THE COMMUNITY'S VIEW
• MICHIGAN'S NOISE MITIGATION EXPERIENCE
• MINNESOTA'S EXPERIENCES WITH NOISE BARRIER SYSTEMS
• NEW BARRIER DESIGN TOOLS: SESSION 6 (SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE DESIGN OF NOISE BARRIERS)
• NOISE BARRIER SELECTION ON STATE HIGHWAYS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
• NOISE CONTROL THROUGH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
• NOISE INSULATION OF SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA
• NON-BARRIER MITIGATION OF ROADWAY NOISE: SESSION 4 (HIGHWAY NOISE MITIGATION AND LAND USE/ZONING STRATEGIES CASE STUDY: CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA)
• PAVEMENT EFFECTS IN TIRE/PAVEMENT INTERACTION NOISE
• SOUND-ABSORBING BARRIERS: MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS
• SURVEY OF BARRIER MATERIALS
• THE BARRIER COST REDUCTION PROGRAM: A NEW TOOL TO REDUCE HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIER COSTS
• THE BIRTH OF A BARRIER--A CASE STUDY: I-275 IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
• THE OPTIMUM WEIGHT OF HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIERS
• VISUAL QUALITY IN NOISE BARRIER DESIGN
• YOUNGMANN HIGHWAY EXPERIMENTAL NOISE ABATEMENT PROJECT SOCIAL AND ATTITUDAL SURVEY