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Table 5
Noise Barrier Construction Material Area By Year

Material Area
(10,000 Square Feet)
Year Concrete Block Wood Metal Berm Brick Combination Absorptive
1963-1993 2,676 2,270 985 201 343 78 1,143 110
1994 355 133 88 1 12 14 22 15
1995 523 190 21 23 25 10 143 3
1996 244 54 9 0 6 0 56 13
1997 566 208 1 0 4 0 52 0
1998 913 107 14 23 15 0 67 24
1999 319 11 22 6 5 0 52 5
2000 499 37 35 0 11 0 54 7
2001 722 60 34 80 0 12 32 5
2002 427 105 51 18 5 1 17 38
2003 492 160 2 4 1 0 76 28
2004 404 65 5 59 0 0 188 116
Unknown 23 0 0 14 0 0 7 0
ALL 8,164 3,399 1,267 428 428 115 1,910 363

NOTE: Square feet of noise barriers constructed with 'Other' materials - 1,811,622


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