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        **December**
        **Content Link:**The Use of Phosphoric Acid to Stiffen Hot Mix Asphalt Binders**Date:**December 5, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-086**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Development of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Testing Acceptability Criteria (Phase I)**Date:**December 5, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-074**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Nondestructive Inspection Protocol For Reinforced Concrete Barriers**Date:**December 5, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-071**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - November/December 2014**Date:**December 1, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Safety, Operations, Policy, Environment**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​​
  


      **November**
        **Content Link:**Design and Construction of Field-Cast UHPC Connections**Date:**November 19, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-084**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Technical Note**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, November/December 2014 - - posted November 12, 2014**Date:**November 12, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-15-001**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:**PDF not available**Content Link:**Long-Term Bridge Performance - High Priority Bridge Performance Issues**Date:**November 5, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-043**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:** ​​
  


      **October**
        **Content Link:**Innovative Culvert Inspection - Developing An Effective Small-Pipe Culvert Inspection System**Date:**October 31, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-095**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - September 2014**Date:**October 30, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Safety, Operations, Policy**Type:**Newsletter**PDF:****Content Link:**Foundation Characterization Program (FCP): TechBrief #1 - Workshop Report on the Reuse of Bridge Foundations**Date:**October 30, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-072**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Collecting and Analyzing Stakeholder Feedback for Signing at Complex Interchanges**Date:**October 22, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-069**Category:**Safety, Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Field Evaluation Of Detection-Control System**Date:**October 22, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-082**Category:**Safety, Research**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Analysis of Network and Non-Network Factors on Traveler Choice Toward Improving Modeling Accuracy for Better Transportation Decisionmaking**Date:**October 22, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-097**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Development Of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Testing Acceptability Criteria (Phase II)**Date:**October 22, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-075**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Transportation Operations Research and Development Update**Date:**October 8, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-15-010**Category:**Transportation Operations Research and Development**Type:**Newsletter**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, September/October 2014 - - posted October 6, 2014**Date:**October 6, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-006**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​​ PDF Not available
  


      **September**
        **Content Link:**Fish Passage in Large Culverts with Low Flows**Date:**September 30, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-064**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Wind Tunnel Investigations of An Inclined Stay Cable With A Helical Fillet**Date:**September 24, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-070**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Dynamic Properties of Stay Cables on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge**Date:**September 24, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-067**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Fatigue Testing of Galvanized and Ungalvanized Socket Connections**Date:**September 24, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-066**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Slip And Creep Of Thermal Spray Coatings**Date:**September 24, 2014**Publication No.:******FHWA-HRT-14-083**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Mitigation of Wind-Induced Vibration of Stay Cables: Numerical Simulations and Evaluations**Date:**September 12, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-049**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Guidelines For Design And Rating Of Gusset-Plate Connections For Steel Truss Bridges**Date:**September 12, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-063**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Applications for Highway Transportation**Date:**September 11, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-037**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Reference Scans**PDF:** ​​
  


      **August**
        **Content Link:**Use of Vehicle Noise for Roadways, Bridge, and Infrastructure Health Monitoring Workshop Summary Report August 20-21, 2013**Date:**August 27, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-059**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Cell Phone Data and Travel Behavior Research**Date:**August 20, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-060**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, July/August 2014 - - posted August 19, 2014**Date:**August 19, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-005**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:**PDF Not available**Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - July 2014**Date:**August 15, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** LTBP Newsletter,**Date:**August 13, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-053**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Utilizing Various Data Sources for Surface Transportation Human Factors Research Workshop Summary Report**Date:**August 7, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-077**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Design Criteria for Adaptive Roadway Lighting**Date:**August 6, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-051**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Report**PDF:** ​​
  


      **July**
        **Content Link:** President Barack Obama and Secretary of Transportation Anthony J. Foxx Visit Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, - - posted July 15, 2014**Date:**July 15, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Research**Type:**Article**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, May/June 2014 - - posted July 8, 2014**Date:**July 8, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-004**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:**PDF Not available**Content Link:**Transportation Operations Research and Development Update: June 2014**Date:**July 8, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-085**Category:**Transportation Operations Research and Development**Type:**Newsletter**PDF:** ​​
  


      **June**
        **Content Link:**Guidelines for The Implementation of Reduced Lighting on Roadways**Date:**June 25, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-050**Category:**Safety, Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**An FHWA Special Study: Post-Tensioning Tendon Grout Chloride Thresholds**Date:**June 25, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-039**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Corrosion Monitoring Research for City of New York Bridges**Date:**June 4, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-023**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:** ​​
  


      **May**
        **Content Link:**State of The Practice and Art for Structural Health Monitoring of Bridge Substructures**Date:**May 29, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-09-040**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Understanding Material Durability - Workshop Examines Aging of Composite Materials**Date:**May 29, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-068**Category:**Advanced Research**Type:**Scanning and Convening Activities Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Focus - - April 2014**Date:**May 15, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-012**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - May 2014**Date:**May 14, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** Research and Technology: The Value in Solving Transportation Challenges Globally Through Partnerships, April 2014 - - posted May 1, 2014**Date:**May 1, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-048**Category:**research, international**Type:**Brochure**PDF:** ​​
  


      **April**
        **Content Link:**Public Roads Magazine, March/April 2014 - - posted April 30, 2014**Date:**April 30, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-003**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:**Efficient and Safe Merging Solutions - Advanced Freeway Merge Assistance: Harnessing The Potential of Connected Vehicles**Date:**April 10, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-045**Category:**Advanced Research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Guidance on The Level of Effort Required to Conduct Traffic Analysis Using Microsimulation**Date:**April 10, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-026**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - March 2014**Date:**April 1, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Focus - - March 2014**Date:**April 1, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-011**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​​
  


      **March**
        **Content Link:**Innovative Neighborhood Transit - Assessing Demand for an Automated Community Shuttle Service**Date:**March 26, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-046**Category:**Advanced Research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**An FHWA Special Study: Post-Tensioning Tendon Grout Chloride Thresholds**Date:**March 21, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-040**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Multiscale Materials Modeling Workshop Summary Report April 23-24, 2013**Date:**March 21, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-103**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Infravation Program U.S. Outreach (Presented February 27, 2014), - - posted March 14, 2014**Date:**March 14, 2014**Publication No.:** None**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Presentation**PDF:****Content Link:**Focus - - December 2013**Date:**March 12, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-009**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - January 2014**Date:**March 12, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Splice Length of Prestressing Strand in Field-Cast Ultra-High Performance Concrete Connections**Date:**March 3, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-041**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA LTBP Industry Day**Date:**March 3, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-031**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Lightweight Concrete: Development of Mild Steel in Tension**Date:**March 3, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-030**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:** ​​
  


      **February**
        **Content Link:**Human Factors Assessment of Pedestrian Roadway Crossing Behavior**Date:**February 28, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-098**Category:**Safety, Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA LTBP Bridge Performance Primer**Date:**February 21, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-032**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Safety Effects of Horizontal Curve and Grade Combinations on Rural Two-Lane Highways**Date:**February 21, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-078**Category:**Safety, Research**Type:**Summary Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Safety Effects of Horizontal Curve and Grade Combinations on Rural Two-Lane Highways**Date:**February 21, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-077**Category:**Safety, Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Methodology for Analysis of Soluble Salts From Steel Substrates**Date:**February 10, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-026**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Summary Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Performance-Based Contractor Prequalification As An Alternative to Performance Bonds**Date:**February 10, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-035**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Screening Level Assessment of Arsenic and Lead Concentrations in Glass Beads Used in Pavement Markings**Date:**February 10, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-021**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Development Of A Family Of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Pi-Girders**Date:**February 10, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-028**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:** ​​
  


      **January**
        **Content Link:**Massive Unstructured Data in Highway Transportation - IEEE Big Data, October 9, 2013 - - posted January 31, 2014**Date:**January 31, 2014**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Presentation**PDF:****Content Link:**Guest Editorial: Driving Away Congestion Through Exploratory Research: Debra S. Elston**Date:**January 9, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-006**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Web article**PDF:**PDF Not available**Content Link:**Breakthroughs to the Future: by David Kuehn and Mark Fitzgerald**Date:**January 9, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-001**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Web article**PDF:**PDF Not available**Content Link:**Research and Technology: The Value in Solving Transportation Challenges Globally Through Partnerships**Date:**January 9, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-025**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Brochure**PDF:****Content Link:**Where Pedestrians Cross The Roadway**Date:**January 8, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-099**Category:**research, safety, human centered systems**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Corrosion Monitoring Research of New York City Bridges**Date:**January 8, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-024**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, January/February 2014 - - posted January 8, 2014**Date:**January 8, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-002**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:**PDF Not available**Content Link:**EAR Program Research Results - Updated Through 2013**Date:**January 2, 2014**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-033**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Brochures**PDF:** ​​

    
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