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Evaluating Accelerated Rut Testers

Pass or fail? This is what most departments of transportation (DOTs) want to know about an asphalt mixture before it is used to build or repair a road.

The Man Who Changed America, Part I

President Eisenhower's interest in good roads began in 1919 and resulted in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956—but he had to fight for his Grand Plan.

Change Is Good!

Some people will never change, even if they really believethat change is in their best interests. How many times have you heardsomeone say, "I'm too old to change.

TFHRC.GOV - The Sequel!

It was bound to happen. Just when you thought there was one fixed constant in the universe-the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Web site- good old reliable tfhrc.gov goes wild! New gadgets, new bells, new whistles, and a new look!

Conferences/Special Events Calendar

September

Sep 2-4 1998

1998 World Steel Bridge Symposium

National Steel Bridge Alliance

Chicago, Ill.

Arun Shirole

(shirole@aiscmail.com)

(612) 591-9099

Fax: (612) 591-9499

Sep 9-12 1998

ITE 68th Annual Meeting

Institute of Transportation Engineers

Toronto, Ont., Canada

ITE

(202) 554-8050

Fax: (202) 863-5486

One Extraordinary Barn

Traveling along Interstate 35 in north central Iowa, just south of the Minnesota border, you might think the bright red barn and checked silo are just another part of the Iowa landscape. However, this barn is no ordinary block and wood structure. It's the new Top of Iowa Welcome Center and Rest Area.

Ultra-Thin Whitetopping

Repairing bumpy, rutted, pot-holed pavements - although necessary - is one of the biggest inconveniences to motorists today. Especially if the pavement happens to be at a busy downtown intersection.