STATES IMPLEMENT ANTI-ICING STRATEGIES

As anti-icing and other innovative winter maintenance strategies take hold across the United States, highway agencies are improving safety, cutting costs, and reducing the harmful impacts on the environment caused by the use of chemicals and abrasives. A recent study by the Texas Transportation Institute found that highway agencies nationwide could save $325 million each year by adopting anti-icing techniques. In addition, the public could save an estimated $1.35 billion, through fewer accidents and delays. As the Federal Highway Administration educates more highway agencies through its outreach efforts, it also continues research into new and even more effective state-of-the-art technologies. Promising products include the automated bridge deck liquid deicing dispenser, the remote avalanche sensing system, and motorized crossing gates that can be remotely activated by telephone to block off roads in the event of an avalanche.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Nassif, S
• Publication Date: 1997-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 16
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anti-icing; Avalanches; Cost effectiveness; Deicing; Development; Education; Product development; Research; State highway departments; State of the art; Technological innovations; Winter maintenance
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Education programs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00745172
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 20 1998 12:00AM