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Research Technology and Innovation Deployment

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) plays a key leadership role in sponsoring, sustaining, and guiding highway research. As a leader in the transportation research and technology (R&T) field, FHWA is working to improve its R&T program and to deploy innovations and technologies....

Publications and Articles

Public Roads Articles

  • Nondestructive Evaluation of Concrete Bridge Deck with Overlays”, Public Roads, FHWA-HRT- 23-001; Vol. 86 No. 3, Autumn 2022.
  • “How 10 States Use, Evaluate, and Implement Nondestructive Evaluation Technology”, Public Roads, FHWA-HRT-21-004; Vol. 85...

Ongoing Projects

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Advanced Sensing Technology (FAST) Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory is carrying out several new research concepts within its research program. Projects are largely determined based on the...

Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory Completed Projects

Since 2008, the following projects have been completed by the Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory:

The Evaluation of Section Loss Due to Corrosion in Single and Multiplate Gusset Connections Using Nondestructive Technologies (NDT) provided an initial examination...

Ongoing Research

Managers and staff at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are responsible for research and technology (R&T), particularly in functional areas that develop and set the R&T agenda for that subject, focus, or program area. These functional areas reflect FHWA's mission,...

Agenda Setting

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) plays a key leadership role in sponsoring, sustaining, and guiding highway research. As a leader in the transportation research and technology (R&T) field, FHWA is working to improve its R&T program and to deploy innovations and technologies....

Technologies

Each year, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) spends much time, money, and energy toward developing and deploying innovations that are designed to meet critical highway needs. These efforts reach much farther when the benefits of promising technologies and innovations are marketed...