Guide for Preventing and Mitigating the Risk of Bridge and Tunnel Strikes by Motor Vehicles

The objective of this research is to develop a guide to help state DOTs, public safety agencies, and the motor carrier industry prevent and mitigate the risk of bridge/tunnel strikes by motor vehicles. At the minimum, the research team shall: (1) develop a sustainable national clearinghouse for collecting and analyzing data, and communicating bridge/tunnel strike data and bridge/tunnel clearance information. This clearinghouse will be used to store and maintain data collected under this project and future data collected by other agencies after completion of this project; (2) identify and evaluate the nationally and internationally implemented countermeasures to prevent bridge/tunnel strike; (3) develop a risk-based data driven approach to evaluate the risk of bridge/tunnel strike; (4) develop prevention and mitigation strategies that consider bridge/tunnel design, policy and operation, and utilizing technologies to prevent bridge/tunnel strike; (5) analyze the relationship between the vehicle permitting processes (including roadway network dimensions, oversize vehicle routing systems, routing compliance for oversized loads, and pilot car escort guidance ) and bridge/tunnel strike; (6) develop training and outreach materials for motor carrier industry, traffic operation groups, vehicle permitting, and public safety agencies; and (7) develop a roadmap for state DOTs and other transportation agencies to implement and maintain the national clearinghouse for data collection after completion of this project.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Status: Active
  • Funding: $500000
  • Contract Numbers:

    Project 08-139

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    National Cooperative Highway Research Program

    Transportation Research Board
    500 Fifth Street, NW
    Washington, DC  United States  20001

    American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

    444 North Capitol Street, NW
    Washington, DC  United States  20001

    Federal Highway Administration

    1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Project Managers:

    Abu-Hawash, Ahmad

  • Performing Organizations:

    University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    College of Engineering & Applied Science
    3200 North Cramer Street
    Milwaukee, WI  United States  53217
  • Principal Investigators:

    Qin, Xiao

  • Start Date: 20211001
  • Expected Completion Date: 20240401
  • Actual Completion Date: 0

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01739642
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
  • Contract Numbers: Project 08-139
  • Files: TRB, RIP
  • Created Date: May 20 2020 3:01PM