"50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
"50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
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This new, free, 154 page .pdf book takes a VERY technical look at bridge design for the US Interstate Highway system. Here is the link
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=6822
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=6822





RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
The genius who thought painting center lines AND edge lines is my hero, whoever it is.
Germany(1970s)used one shape reflector on one side of the road, and different shape on the opposite, which more than once clued me in that in dense fog I had crossed the center line and was way out of my lane.
Dan
RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
At the time, I took a trip south from Frankfurt, and the road in the vicinity of Stuttgart was in bad shape in the right lane. I had to cruise on the left and give way to the high speed Mercedes. They refused to pass on the right.
I had GI 'USA' plates and when I came back from a trip thru Switz., the German border guard simply waved me thru. Germany for me has been a second home. On repeated business trips to Hamburg, I came back to reverse cultural shock as I entered the States, sorry to say.
RE: "50 Years of Interstate (Highway) Structures"
rmw