CTRE en route is published twice a year to inform readers about CTRE's projects and programs.

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Recently completed research

3 men roll out some special fabric along a highway shoulder

Rolling the geogrid over the soft subgrade layer near Nashua, Iowa. See Effective Shoulder Design and Maintenance (TR-531).

Below is a list of projects that were completed since winter of 2007. All links will take you out of this newsletter site. Each project page includes a link to the final report.

Asphalt

Bridges

An Integral Abutment Bridge with Precast Concrete Piles (TR-438)

Concrete

Simple and Rapid Test for Monitoring the Heat Evolution of Concrete Mixtures for Laboratory and Field Applications, Phase 2

Design

Geotech

Safety

Tom Maze recently completed a project on work zones. Maze says, “The core of the project is strategies to manage work zones and work zone traffic. Given the new federal regulations on the management of work zones, the documents originating from the report should be very useful.” See the links below: