PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-08-0018
Project Name:	Historic American Engineering Record Book on Covered Bridges
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Duwadi First Name: Sheila R Telephone: 202-493-3106 E-mail: sheila.duwadi@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Hazard Mitigation Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Historic Preservation
Project Description:	The American public continues to have an appreciation for covered bridges, and seeks out books and artifacts that focus on or commemorate these icons. This proposed volume would be the first book written for the informed lay person. The book will include historical information, measured drawings, and photographs of a select number of covered bridges. It would contain contextual and construction history based on writing and research completed for Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, the traveling exhibition, and the National Historic Landmark theme study. It would be generously illustrated with Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) drawings and photographs.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	September 1, 2008
End Date:	September 1, 2012
Funding Amount:	$130,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program
Goals:	The purpose of this project is to publish a book with detailed information, illustrations, photographs, and Historic American Engineering Record technical drawings documenting historic covered bridges nationwide.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	The project approach will include thoroughly researched historical information, measured drawings, and documentary photographs. The book will contain contextual and construction history based on writing and research completed for Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, the traveling exhibition, and the National Historic Landmark theme study. It will be generously illustrated with HAER drawings and photographs.
Other Information:	Funding is $130,000 from the Federal Highway Administration and $26,000 from the National Park Service.
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is documentation of historic covered bridges in the United States, which can be used for educational purposes.
Deliverables:	Name: Historic American Engineering Record Collection of Historic Covered Bridges. Product Type(s): Training materials, Other, Techbrief Description: A contextual and illustrated history book on America's covered bridges. Audiences: Researchers, Bridge design professionals, State highway agencies Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Roads and Bridges--Design
TRT Terms:	Covered Bridges Infrastructure Bridges Engineering Research History
FHWA Disciplines:	Structures
Subject Areas:	Bridges and other structures History