There are many little-used approaches that result in a better highway or bridge project. Among the benefits of such approaches are that they’re faster, safer, have less impact on traffic, provide better quality, and at less cost.
Highways for LIFE provides State DOTs with funding for construction of projects using one or more innovations that the agency has rarely used previously.
The methods and priority given to the actual process for getting innovations and new technologies moved into common practice must be improved in order to accelerate their delivery. Test cases, called "vanguard technologies" have demonstrated excellent results.
The primary purpose of the Highways for LIFE success stories is to expand awareness and inform the staffs of FHWA, State DOTs, and industry of how innovation can improve safety, reduce construction-related congestion, improve quality, and why it is beneficial to pursue non-traditional approaches and technologies. A secondary purpose is to inform local agencies, the highway user, and the public.
