AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS: ACCELERATING THE SEARCH FOR INNOVATION

This study outlines a strategy for screening potential highway research areas to identify the most promising for a national program and thereby identifies six priority areas where a concerted research effort can produce major innovations that will increase the productivity and safety of the nation's highway system: asphalt, long-term pavement performance, maintenance, cost-effectiveness protection of concrete bridge components, cement and concrete in highway pavements and structures, and chemical control of snow and ice on highways.

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  • https://doi.org/10.17226/11374
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  • The study summarized in this Special Report is the Federal Highway Administration-funded study, Strategic Transportation Research Study (STRS), that led to the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP). Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 169 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 202
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Concrete bridges; Cost effectiveness; Deicing chemicals; Future; Highway maintenance; Highways; Pavement performance; Research; Snow and ice control; Strategic planning; Time duration
• Identifier Terms: Strategic Highway Research Program; Strategic Transportation Research Study
• Uncontrolled Terms: Future research; Long term
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387368
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 558
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 28 2001 12:00AM