MINNESOTA OPENS HIGH-TECH ROADWAY TEST AND RESEARCH FACILITY

A section of Interstate 94 (I-94), located approximately 65 km northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the parallel highway are part of the 9-km Minnesota Road Research Test Project (Mn/ROAD), the world's largest and most technologically advanced roadway test and research facility. More than 4,500 electronic sensors installed in 40 different pavement test sections will be monitored. Two types of roadways--a high-volume, high-speed roadway and a low-volume roadway--were constructed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 40
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Experimental roads; Pavement performance; Pavements; Research and educational facilities; Sensors; Technological innovations; Test tracks; Traffic volume
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00781722
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 2000 12:00AM