Asset Management

Transportation Asset Management Case Studies
The Washington State Experience

Table of Contents

• Note From the Associate Administrator
• Note to the Reader
• Executive Summary
• 1. Agency Facts
• 2. Setting the Stage
  • 2.1. What Did Washington State Have?
  • 2.2. What Did Washington State Want?
• 3. How Did Washington State Get There?
• 4. Where Is Washington State Today?
  • 4.1. Asset Management: Pavement Assessment Annual Update
  • 4.2. Asset Management: Bridge Assessment Annual Update
• 5. What Has Washington State Learned?
• 6. What's Next?
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1: The existing (right) Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the new bridge span under construction.
  • Figure 2: WSDOT's SR-520 Floating Bridge in Seattle.
  • Figure 3: A typical travel day in Seattle.
  • Figure 4: Cover of 'The Gray Notebook', WSDOT's central performance publication.
  • Figure 5: A roadway in eastern Washington State.

Front cover photo: A WSDOT ferry with Mt. Rainier in the background.

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