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Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures Can Carry The Load

Four years ago, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) research geologist Michael Adams successfully smashed the world’s record for load capacity and applied pressure on a geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) structure with the 5.5-meter- (18-foot-) tall bridge pier that he designed on the grounds of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Va.

Scanning European Advances in The Use of Recycled Materials in Highway Construction

Recycled materials that have suitable engineering, environmental, and economic properties can be used as substitutes for natural aggregates or materials in the construction of highway infrastructure.

'Managing' Change In FHWA

Identifying and implementing change is everyone’s responsibility.

The Genie in The Bottle: The Interstate System and Urban Problems, 1939-1957

If you wanted to know the 20th century's top songs, movies, novels, people, TV shows, news stories, or any other topic capable of being ranked by superlatives, 1999 was the year for you.

Highways and Bridges on The Brink of The New Century

During the 1990s, lawmakers decided to channel more money into the nation’s highways and bridges — a policy that has now begun to pay off with better pavement, improved bridges, and higher levels of safety.

LANI and The Leimert Park Project

How do you rebuild a neighborhood? That simple question has caused hot debate for much of the last century as residents, business owners, planners, and government leaders wrestled with the problems brought on by enormous changes in urban areas worn-out infrastructure, rising crime rates, and spiraling economic indicators in the inner cities and unfettered growth in suburbia.

The National IVI Meeting

The National IVI (Intelligent Vehicle Initiative) Meeting will be held on July 18 and 19, 2000, at the Ronald Reagan Building and Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

Enhancing Pavement Smoothness

Back in the "good old days" and simpler times of the early 20th century, the traveling public was happy just to have a paved surface to keep them out of the mud.

Public Roads - July/August 2000

Surviving The Turbulence: The Transportation-Air Quality Arena, 1999-2000

When Congress passed the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970, the ambitious optimism of many legislators probably wouldn't have allowed them to envision that the war on dirty air would stretch into the 21st century.

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