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Cooperation with Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association to Define Truck Effects on Bridges in Wisconsin

项目名称：	Cooperation with Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association to Define Truck Effects on Bridges in Wisconsin
摘要：	The State Department of Transportation (DOT) recently revised load limits for highway bridges in Wisconsin to allow heavier trucks, particularly if truckers had additional axles attached to their trucks to spread loads. Most of the companies involved in transporting timber in northern Wisconsin added the required extra axle at substantial cost. Unfortunately the load ratings for bridges on most county highways are set by local officials and may not reflect actual load capacities. Though the truckers added the extra axles many counties still placed load restrictions on essential bridges on local roads. This project will focus on developing guidelines to aid county officials in deciding whether load ratings are needed, evaluate whether selected posted bridges should be posted, and look at defining usable routes for timber haulers. Removal of non-essential load ratings will save the Wisconsin trucking industry many thousands of dollars in fuel costs and reduce truck emissions by shortening haul routes. The objective of the planned work is to develop guidelines for decision makers in evaluating whether highway bridges need to have truck load limits and what limits are appropriate. The research team will do this by working with the trucking industry in northern Wisconsin, specifically the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTP) of Rhinelander, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), and County highway officials to clearly identify the problems and possible solutions by working cooperatively.
状态：	Completed
资金：	5200.00
资助组织：	National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)
项目负责人：	Waidley, Greg
执行机构：	University of Wisconsin, Madison
开始时间：	20080701
实际结束时间：	20090630
主题领域：	Bridges and other structures；Highways