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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-17-026    Date:  March 2017
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-026
Date: March 2017

 

State of The Practice for Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strip Implementation on Non-Freeway Facilities

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