Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration Project: White Swan Bridge Replacement

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration grant program, which is administered through the FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation (CAI), provides incentive funding and other resources for eligible entities to offset the risk of trying an innovation and to accelerate the implementation and adoption of that innovation in highway transportation. Projects deemed eligible for funding included proven innovative practices or technologies, including infrastructure and non-infrastructure strategies or activities, which the applicant or subrecipient intends to implement and adopt as a significant improvement from their conventional practice. The AID Demonstration funds were available for any project eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code. Entities eligible to apply included State departments of transportation (DOTs), Federal Land Management Agencies, and tribal governments as well as metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and local governments which applied through the State DOT as subrecipients. This report documents the AID demonstration grant award for White Swan Bridge Replacement Project) using Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil/Integrated Bridge System (GRS/IBS) and Precast Bridge Superstructure. The report presents details relevant to the employed project innovation(s), the overarching Technology and Innovation Deployment Program (TIDP) goals, performance metrics measurement and analysis, lessons learned, and the status of activities related to adoption of Force Account Work as conventional practice by the Ohkay Owingeh Planning Department. Ohkay Owingeh is located in North Central New Mexico. (As applicable - Technology transfer activities that took place to disseminate the project results are also discussed.)

• Record URL:
  https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/grants/projects/owingeh_white_swan_bridge_report.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50890
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2016-1-20

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: 25p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Demonstration projects; Geosynthetics; Innovation; Mechanically stabilized earth
• Identifier Terms: Ohkay Owingeh Tribe
• Uncontrolled Terms: Replacement (Bridges)
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01636596
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 28 2017 6:52PM