Equitable Resilience-Informed Strategies for Flood Risk Mitigation in Nebraska's Transportation Infrastructure

This proposal focuses on enhancing the equitable resilience of Nebraska's transportation infrastructure against flood hazards. In light of the substantial damage caused by flooding, the project aims to introduce a robust framework for designing and retrofitting, especially bridges, to withstand flood impacts. A novel simulation based approach promoting equitable and resilience-informed decision-making will be implemented, focusing on individual bridges within Nebraska. The methodology developed will produce cost estimates for implementing flood design upgrades, ensuring new retrofit level requirements are met for existing bridges. The research will contribute to the Mid-America Transportation Center for Transportation Safety and Equity (MATC-TSE) theme of improving transportation resilience and align with the U.S. Department of Transportation's strategic infrastructure investment and innovation goals. The anticipated results include a robust simulation-based framework for designing and retrofitting bridges, an optimized policy framework for flood hazard mitigation, cost estimates for implementing flood design upgrades, and a comprehensive report detailing the research findings.

• Record URL:
  • https://matc-data.unl.edu/research-database/756

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $136,433.77
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348307

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  1400 R Street
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68588
• Principal Investigators:

  Roohi, Milad

  Wittich, Christine

• Start Date: 20241115
• Expected Completion Date: 20260630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Climate; Disaster resilience; Floods; Rehabilitation; Transportation equity; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Nebraska Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Nebraska
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01971750
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-America Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348307
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 19 2025 3:04PM