PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-08-0035
Project Name:	World Guide to Covered Bridges Database, Geographic Information Systems, and Web Site
Status:	Completed
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 Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	Cultural Resources Geographic Information Systems (CRGIS), a National Park Service (NPS) program that develops geospatial standards and data for cultural resources, will perform tasks to update the database and develop an interactive Web site. Creation of the Web site by CRGIS and the NPS Resource Information Management Division (RIMD) will be coordinated in all phases of development with the National Wood in Transportation Center, which will ultimately be the permanent host of the Covered Bridge Web site.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	September 12, 2008
End Date:	September 30, 2013
Funding Amount:	$250,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program
Goals:	The primary objective of this project is to update the database of covered bridges in the United States that is currently on the World Guide to Covered Bridges, which will be available as an interactive Web site.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Completed.
Test Methodology:	Two Cultural Resources Geographic Information Systems (CRGIS) staff members will be trained in all aspects of Web site development, programming, and ArcGIS Internet mapping development. Upon completion, staff will design, develop, and implement the National Park Service (NPS) Covered Bridge Web site. Web site administrative support will be provided by the NPS Resource Information Management Division (RIMD) in Denver, Colorado. Once the Web site is up and running, CRGIS and RIMD will manage the Web site so that authenticated users can add covered bridge attribute data to the backend geodatabase. Cultural Resources Geographic Information Systems (CRGIS) will also create the content that will appear on the Covered Bridge Web site by designing and implementing the Geographic Information Systems geodatabase, which integrates attribute and spatial data. In addition, CRGIS will create the spatial data for most of the 800 bridges using various methodologies, including the Geographic Names Information System, Google Earth, and Global Positioning System (GPS). Cultural Resources Geographic Information Systems (CRGIS) will develop, test, and deploy a GPS data dictionary for use by summer teams while documenting bridges. Cultural Resources Geographic Information Systems (CRGIS) will conduct GPS training to the teams. Finally, CRGIS will develop, test, and deploy a system for authenticated users to update data on covered bridges. Once the update process is ready for deployment, CRGIS will hold a workshop for authenticated users in using the Web site to make their updates.
Other Information:	The study is jointly sponsored and funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the National Park Service (NPS). Funding is $300,000 ($250,000 FHWA; $50,000 NPS).
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Data not yet available
Deliverables:	Name: World Guide to Covered Bridges in the United States Product Type(s): Other, Techbrief Description: This project will produce a fully interactive georeference Web site that contains the World Guide to Covered Bridges in the United States. Audiences: Researchers, State highway agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Bridge design professionals Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Roads and Bridges--Structures
TRT Terms:	Covered Bridges Wooden Bridges Infrastructure Bridges Research Geographic Information Systems Global Positioning System
FHWA Disciplines:	Structures
Subject Areas:	Bridges and other structures History