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Title: MN/ROAD: MINNESOTA ROAD RESEARCH PROJECT
Accession Number: 00625187
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In June 1990 the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) began construction of the Minnesota Road Research Project (Mn/ROAD), a new roadway technology test facility. This $19.5 million project will provide researchers with the opportunity to study the effects of cold weather and heavy commercial traffic on roadway materials including soil, base, subbase, and pavement types. An important feature of the project will be a computer-monitored network of nearly 4,500 sensors placed throughout the 40 test sections. This article discusses Minnesota's reasons for this project, Stage 1 and Stage 2 construction, the automated weather station and weigh-in-motion scale, low volume loadings, research objectives, the sensor network, partnerships established to ensure the success of Mn/ROAD, and the Mn/ROAD facility costs. An insert with this article discusses how Mn/ROAD relates to the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP).
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Succio, N MPagination: p. 2-6, 38
Publication Date: 1992-9
Serial: Features: Figures
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; Photos
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Research; Terminals and Facilities; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Oct 23 1993 12:00AM
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