Analysis of Weather Conditions Causing Water Obstructions on Nebraska Roadways

The main goal of this proposal is to get a better understanding of where the water obstructions take place, as well as the cause of the obstruction in relationship to the weather conditions associated with the increased water levels causing the water obstruction. Recognizing the weather conditions responsible for the obstruction; from winter through spring with ice damming, runoff from heavy precipitation during thunderstorm activity, and water table increases in the Sandhills will be the focus of the research. In addition, the frequency of the water obstruction events will be calculated for the study period.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $164730
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Nebraska 2
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68502
• Project Managers:

  Halsey, Lieska

• Performing Organizations:

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Nebraska 2
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68502
• Principal Investigators:

  Anderson, Mark

• Start Date: 20200701
• Expected Completion Date: 20220531
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Floods; Highways; Runoff; Weather conditions
• Geographic Terms: Nebraska
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01735833
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 6 2020 1:37PM