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From page 60... ... 60 A P P E N D I X B Responses from the State DOT Survey 1. Does your agency have a straightedge or a rolling straightedge-based criterion for checking the surface finish of a newly placed concrete bridge deck after the concrete has hardened? Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 61 3. What is the length of straightedge or wheel spacing of the rolling straightedge that is used? Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... 62 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks 5. Does your agency have a specification for new concrete bridge surfaces that is based either on Profile Index or International Roughness Index (IRI) Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 63 • Ohio DOT: A bridge encounter is defined as 25 ft. of pavement on either side of the structure and everything in between (i.e., deck and approach slabs) Read the entire page →
From page 64... ... 64 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks 9. Does the concrete bridge deck need to meet a minimum length in order for the smoothness specification to be applied? Read the entire page →
From page 65... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 65 Comment: • Mississippi DOT and Florida DOT: DOT personnel monitor the data collected by the contractor. Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... 66 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks 13. Are negative or positive pay adjustments applied based on the obtained smoothness? Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 67 16. If the smoothness specification is based on Profile Index (PI) Read the entire page →
From page 68... ... 68 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks 18. What is the threshold for Profile Index (PI) Read the entire page →
From page 69... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 69 20. If the index used to evaluate smoothness is IRI/HRI, what is the mean IRI/HRI of the evaluated section (e.g., 0.1-mile length, entire bridge etc. Read the entire page →
From page 70... ... 70 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks 22. Is the DOT's smoothness specification available on the web? Read the entire page →
From page 71... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 71 23. This question pertains to the DOT's Pavement Management System/Bridge Management System. Read the entire page →
From page 72... ... 72 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks 25. Does the DOT use the roughness data of bridges stored in the Pavement Management System/Bridge Management System to evaluate roughness progression of bridge decks? Read the entire page →
From page 73... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 73 28. What type of maintenance activities or rehabilitation activities are typically performed on bridges to maintain smoothness? Read the entire page →
From page 74... ... 74 Practices for Ensuring the Smoothness of Concrete Bridge Decks • New York: Partial depth repairs are performed as maintenance. • Ohio DOT: Ohio DOT has been doing in-house and contractor work to repair the ride due to settled approach slabs and approach pavements. Read the entire page →
From page 75... ... Responses from the State DOT Survey 75 used in Connecticut and therefore cannot be considered standard practice. Connecticut DOT does do smoothness testing for asphalt concrete on roadways and imposes incentives/disincentives to contractors through construction contracts that does not include bridges. Read the entire page →
From page 77... ... Abbreviations and acronyms used without denitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration GHSA Governors Highway Safety Association HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) Read the entire page →
From page 78... ... Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED ISBN 978-0-309-68683-9 9 7 8 0 3 0 9 6 8 6 8 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 Read the entire page →

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... 60 A P P E N D I X B Responses from the State DOT Survey 1. Does your agency have a straightedge or a rolling straightedge-based criterion for checking the surface finish of a newly placed concrete bridge deck after the concrete has hardened?