Vehicle-Based Low Clearance Detector
The considered technology was vehicle-based (as opposed to infrastructure-based). In comparison, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) looked at reducing bridge strikes using technologies that were installed on infrastructure. Infrastructure-based technologies were not a complete solution to the problem of avoiding bridge strikes because they were expensive and there was no requirement for the local or State governments that owned the bridges to install the technologies. Global positioning systems for trucks were also not a complete solution because there were many low-clearance overpasses that were not documented, and thus not in a navigation database for trucks. There was also no requirement for a local or State government to document all low-clearance overpasses.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $150,000
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Kwan, Quon
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Performing Organizations:
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Transportation Planning Division
55 Broadway
Cambridge, MA United States 02142-1093 - Start Date: 20150500
- Expected Completion Date: 20161012
- Actual Completion Date: 20160900
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge approaches; Clearances (Navigation); Highways; Safety; Safety equipment; Technology; Trucks; Vehicle accessories
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01592640
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 4 2016 8:31AM