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Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks (2022)

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Suggested Citation:"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26562.
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52 AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AC Asphalt Concrete BMS Bridge Management System DMI Distance Measuring Instrument DOT Department of Transportation HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring System HRI Half-Car Roughness Index IRI International Roughness Index MIRI Mean IRI NBI National Bridge Inventory NBIS National Bridge Inspection Standards NHS National Highway System PI Profile Index PMS Pavement Management System Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Rough bridge surfaces can increase user costs by accumulative wear and tear on vehicles, increase freight costs resulting from damage to goods or packaging, add to potential safety concerns with nonuniform tire loads, decrease the life of a structure by increasing dynamic loads, and reduce user satisfaction.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 580: Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks documents state departments of transportation (DOTs) practices used to evaluate the smoothness of concrete bridge decks when constructed, procedures used to keep track of the roughness of concrete bridge decks over time, and practices used to maintain the smoothness of concrete bridge decks through the life cycle of the structure.

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