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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-10-009
Date: December 2009
Strategic, Safe, and Sustainable: Today's Vision for Pavements
FHWA is working with States and other partners to achieve the high-performing, safe, and cost-effective pavement network that the traveling public and the Nation's economy depend upon every day.
Your Online Guide to Bolted Connections
A 2-hour Web-based course on Bolted Connections (Course No. FHWA-NHI-134074) is now available from the Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council (TCCC), in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) National Highway Institute (NHI).
Bridge Scour Prediction and Analysis: The Power of FLOP
In the field of hydraulics and the analysis and prediction of scour at bridge piers and abutments, super computers have proven to be a powerful and valuable tool. Federal, State, and local transportation agencies can now use the super computer capabilities of the Argonne National Laboratory's Transportation Research and Analysis Computer Center (TRACC) at no charge.
Building Better Concrete Pavements with HIPERPAV III
The free High PERformance Concrete PAVing (HIPERPAV) software is a simulation tool for determining the early age behavior of portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement (during the first 3 days after construction). HIPERPAV III features enhancements aimed at making the software even more effective and user friendly.
Excellence in Highway Design 2010
Nominations will be accepted starting in early January 2010 for the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) 2010 Excellence in Highway Design Awards. The biennial awards program recognizes innovation and excellence in the design of context sensitive highway-related facilities.
Nothing But Net: TRB Annual Meeting to Feature Highways for LIFE Success Stories
Two sessions at the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) 89th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, in January 2010 will highlight success stories and lessons learned from the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Highways for LIFE (HfL) program.