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Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-12-0055 | |
| Project Name: | Covered Bridge Preservation Research, Development, and Technology: Interagency Agreement II with the Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory | |
| Project Status: | Active | |
| Start Date: | July 2, 2012 | |
| End Date: | September 30, 2019 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Duwadi | |
| First Name: | Sheila R | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3106 | |
| E-mail: | sheila.duwadi@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Infrastructure Research and Development | |
| Team: | Hazard Mitigation Team [HRDI-50] | |
| Program: | National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program | |
| Laboratory: | J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Laboratory | |
| Project detail | ||
| Roadmap/Focus area(s): | Historic Preservation | |
| Project Description: | Under this interagency agreement the following activities/studies have been initiated to develop technologies and methodologies to preserve, rehabilitate, and restore historic covered bridges and timber bridges, and for education and technology transfer: I. Inspection, Preservation, and Maintenance of Covered Bridges Advanced Field Evaluation Tools for Condition Assessment of Wood Members in Covered BridgesImproving Understanding of Moisture Effects on Outdoor Wood Adhesive BondlinesEarly Detection and Eradication of Termite Infestations Destructive to Covered Bridge Structures by Acoustic EmissionII. Strengthening and Rehabilitation - No studies this period.III. System Behavior Covered Bridge Rating Through Load Testing Phase IIImproved Analytical Techniques for Historic Covered Bridges Phase IIGRS-Timber BridgeIV. Education and Technology TransferWebinarsMaintenance of the World Guide to Covered Bridges | |
| Goals: | Develop ways to preserve, rehabilitate, and restore historic covered bridges. | |
| More Information URL(s): | ||
| Product Type: | Article Conference displays Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Research report Techbrief Technical report Training materials | |
| Test Methodology: | The approach for each project is project dependent as there are many individual studies under this Agreement. | |
| Expected Benefits: | This interagency agreement is making possible to conduct joint research projects with another Federal agency, sharing resources and expertise. | |
| Deliverables: | Name: Reports and Guidelines. Product Type(s): Research report, Article, Conference displays, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines, Techbrief, Technical report, Training materials Description: Multiple reports and guidance documents will be developed depending on studies undertaken. | |
| FHWA Topics: | Roads and Bridges--Structures | |
| TRT Terms: | Covered Bridges Historic Bridges Wooden Bridges Infrastructure Research Bridges Rehabilitation (Maintenance) |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Structures |
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| Subject Areas: | Bridges and other structures History |
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