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... continuing study. This study, NCHRP Project 20-5, "Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems," searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics.
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... for initiation of about 12 syntheses per year. These, plus some alternate topics, are selected by the committee at its annual project meeting.
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... 4Table 4 COMPLETED SYNTHESES No. Title, Pages, Price No.
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... Table 5 INDEX TO SYNTHESES AND STUDIES 12 Accelerated pavement testing 235, 325 Access management 233, 304, 332, 337 Accident data 91, 192 Accident location 21, 91, 128, 202 Advance warnings 186 Aid to motorists 7 Artificial intelligence 183 Asphalt - cement 59 - compaction 152 - emulsions 30, UR24-10 - friction courses 49, 104, 180, 284 - moisture damage 175 - overlays 116, UR24-10 - patching 64 - pavements 30, 49, 59, 104, 152, 171, 175, 180, 260, 338 - recycling 54, 160, 193 - rut resistant 274 - surface treatments 223 Attenuators 182 Automatic vehicle identification (AVI) 194 Bases 37 Bearings for bridges 41 Bidding - qualifications 190 - electronic 256 Bituminous - emulsions 30 - patching 64 - pavements (see Asphalt)
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... 13 Table 5 (Continued ) - maintenance 125, 246 - management 168 - overhead 315 - research 231 - time determination 79, 215 Convertible roadways 342 Corridor management plans 289, 337 Corridor preservation 197 Cost-effectiveness analysis 142, 223 Costs - life-cycle 122, 222, 269 - user and mitigation, 269 Crash cushions 182, 205 Cross sections 299 Culverts - assessment and rehabilitation 303 - durability 50, 254 - inlets 3 Data - collection 124, 126, 130, 334, 335 - partnerships 288 - sharing 288, 312 - storage 335 - systems 55 DBE 341 D-cracking 134 Deferred maintenance 58, 223 Deicing chemical use 24, 207 Design - bituminous pavements 30, 116, 260 - bridge approaches 2, 159, 234 - bridge bearings 41 - computer-aided 161 - concrete pavements 16, 19, 27, 189, 211 - crossroads 332 - exceptions 316 - for bridge maintenance 123 - frost 26 - geometric research 299 - pavement overlays 99, 116, 204 - pavements 16, 19, 26, 27, 30, 189, 211, 260, 291 - pile foundations 42, 253 - roadways 26, 247 - shoulders 63 - toll plaza 240 - use of consultants 277 - value engineering 78 Direction finding 71 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 341 Disadvantaged, transportation for 39 Drainage - bridge 67 - culverts 303 - pavement 96, 174, 239 - pipe durability 50, 254 - sedimentation basins 70 - structures 3, 174 Driveway regulations 304 Ecology 302 Economic benefits 290 Edgedrains, maintenance 285 Elderly, transportation for 39, 83 Electronic bids 256 Electronic toll and traffic management systems 194 Embankments 8, 234 Employees (see Personnel)
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... 14 Table 5 (Continued ) Instrumentation, geotechnical 89, 253 Insurance 308 Interchanges 299, 332 Intermodal Facilities w/Freight 320 Intersections 299, 310 ISTEA - 15 factors 217 - small MPOs 252 Joints, bridge deck 141, 319 Joints, concrete pavement 19, 56, 98, 134, 211 Joints and cracks, sealing 98 Laboratory testing equipment 36 Land development 233 Land use 93, 233, 320, 337 Latex-modified concrete 179 Left-turn treatments 225 Legal liability 106, 206, 318 Letting program 331 Life-cycle costs 122, 269 Lime-fly ash 37 Litter disposal 184 Load and resistance factor design (geotechnical)
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... 15 Table 5 (Continued ) - friction 14, 158, 291 - friction courses 49, 104, 180, 284 - frost design 26 - joints 19, 56, 98, 134, 211 - life-cycle costs 122, 269 - light duty 260 - low-volume 27, 260 - maintenance 9, 19, 25, 30, 45, 56, 60, 64, 98, 134, 211, 223 - maintenance costs 77, 98, 223 - management 135, 222, 335 - markings 17, 138, UR24-07, 306 - moisture damage 175 - noise characteristics 268 - overlays 9, 92, 99, 116, 144, 204 - patching 9, 45, 64 - recycling 54, 154, 160, 193 - rehabilitation 9, 25, 92, 134, 222, 335, 338 - rut resistant (asphalt)
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... 16 Table 5 (Continued ) - maintenance 155, 157 - motorist information 71, 162 Size regulation and enforcement 68, 143 Skid resistance 14, 158, 291 Sleep deprivation 286 Smoothness, pavements 167 Snow and ice control 24, 207 Soft foundations 29, 147 Soils - erosion 18 - measuring, in-situ 278 - remediation of contaminated 226 Specifications 38, 65, 212, 306 Spectrum management 13 Stabilization - bases 37 - subbases 247 Staffing - construction 51, 145, 263 - maintenance 10 - planning for 120 - S.E.E.
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... Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 These digests are issued in order to increase awareness of research results emanating from projects in the Cooperative Research Programs (CRP)

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