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        **December**
        **Content Link:** Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Data With Mechanistic-Empirical Design and Analysis, Volume III: Guidelines for Deflection Testing, Analysis, and Interpretation**Date:** December 21, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-011**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Technology Readiness Level Guidebook**Date:** December 20, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-047**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Evaluation of Promoting Roadside Revegetation: An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants**Date:** December 20, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-008**Category:** research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:**Technical Report**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA R&T Now - - November/December 2017**Date:** December 13, 2017**Publication No.:** None**Category:** research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** The Potential of Multiple Connected and Federated Simulators and Models for Highway Transportation Research**Date:** December 12, 2012**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-075**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Reducing the Specimen Size of Concrete Flexural Strength Test for Safety and Ease of Handling**Date:**December 12, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-119**Category:** Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:** Techbrief**PDF:****Content Type:** Adjacent Box Beam Connections: Performance and Optimization**Date:** December 8, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-094**Category:** Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Type:** Travel Time Displays at Freeway Entrance Approaches**Date:** December 8, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-059**Category:**research, safety**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Type:** Public Roads Magazine - Autumn 2017 - - posted December 4, 2017**Date:** December 4, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-18-001**Category:** Public Roads**Type:** Periodical**PDF:**
  


      **November**
        **Content Link:**Safety Evaluation of Horizontal Curve Realignment on Rural Two-Lane Roads**Date:**November 20, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-067**Category:** research, safety**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Safety Evaluation of Red-Light Indicator Lights (RLILs) At Intersections**Date:**November 17, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-077**Category:**research, safety**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Safety Evaluation of Edge Line Rumble Stripes (ELRSs) on Rural, Two-Lane Horizontal Curves**Date:** November 17, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-068**Category:** research, safety**Type:** Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Safety Evaluation of Red-Light Indicator Lights (RLILs)**Date:**November 17, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-078**Category:** research, safety**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Behavior of A Steel Girder Bolted Splice Connection**Date:** November 15, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-042**Category:** Research, Infrastructure, Materials**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Advanced Vehicle Tracking Technologies**Date:**November 9, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-051**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:** Investigation of Increase in Roughness Due to Environmental Factors in Flexible Pavements Using Profile Data From Long-Term Pavement Performance Specific Pavement Studies 1 Experiment**Date:** November 9, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-049**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Advanced Methodology to Assess Riprap Rock Stability At Bridge Piers and Abutments**Date:**November 9, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-054**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Pavement Performance Measures and Forecasting and the Effects of Maintenance and Rehabilitation Strategy on Treatment Effectiveness (Revised)**Date:** November 9, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-095**Category:** research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type:** Report**Report:**
  


      **October**
        **Content Link:**Public Roads Magazine - September 2017 - - posted October 25, 2017**Date:**October 25, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-006**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**  In-the-Loop Simulations Provide Improved Methods for Testing of Connected Vehicle Technologies**Date:**October 18, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-044**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Safety Evaluation of Cable Median Barriers in Combination With Rumble Strips on the Inside Shoulder of Divided Roads**Date:** October 17, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-071**Category:**research, safety**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA LTBP Summary-Current Information on the Use of Overlays and Sealers**Date:** October 17, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-079**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Summary Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Long-Term Pavement Performance Bind Online User Guide**Date:**October 17, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-010**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA R&T Now - - September/October 2017**Date:** October 16, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-010**Category:** research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:**Periodical**PDF:**
  


      **September**
        **Content Link:**Field Testing of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Overlay**Date:** September 28, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-096**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type: Report****PDF:****Content Link:** LTPP Newsletter - January-March 2017 - - posted September 22, 2017**Date:**September 22, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-103**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type: Periodical****PDF:****Content Link:** Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strategies At Signalized Intersections**Date:** September 13, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-063**Category:**research, safety**Type:** TechBrief**PDF:**Content Link: Highway Capacity Manual Chapter on Alternative Intersections and InterchangesDate: September 11, 2017Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-16-069Category: research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITSType: TechBriefPDF:
  


      **August**
        **Content Link:**Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology Evaluation: National Household Travel Survey Program Final Report**Date:**August 31, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-082**Category:**research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:** Technical Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Office of Operations Research and Development**Date:**August 28, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-057**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link**: Infrastructure Research and Development**Date:** August 28, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-056**Category:** Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:** Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:** Office of Safety Research and Development**Date:** August 28, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-058**Category:** research, safety**Type:** Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Analysis Modeling Simulation (AMS) Framework for Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Applications**Date:** August 25, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-033**Category:** research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Hardware In The Loop (HIL) Testing Of Connected And Automated Vehicle (CAV) Applications**Date:**August 25, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-032**Category:** research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:** Liquefaction-Induced Downdrag on Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Piles From Full-Scale Tests Using Blast Liquefaction**Date:**August 18, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-060**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**TechBrief**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA R&T Now - - July/August 2017**Date:**August 16, 2017**Publication No.:** None**Category:** research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:** Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** Addressing Challenges and Return on Investment (ROI) for Paperless Project Delivery (e-Construction)**Date:** August 16, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-068**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**TechBrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine - July/August 2017 - - posted August 16, 2017**Date:**August 16, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-005**Category:** Public Roads**Type:** Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Assessing The Structural Health of America's Highway Bridges Effective Wireless Sensor Systems to Monitor Structural Health and Detect Damage**Date:** August 15, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-043**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:** Expanding The Freight Capacity of America's Highways Platooning and Connectivity to Increase Efficiency**Date:** August 15, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-045**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Adaptive Highway Bridge Bearings Towards Intelligent Infrastructure Systems**Date:** August 15, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-046**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:** State Planning and Research Funds Overhead/Indirect Cost Rate Guidance, - - posted August 9, 2017**Date:** August 9, 2017**Publication No.:** None**Category:**research, State Planning and Research**Type:**Memorandum**PDF:**Not available
  


      **July**
  


      **June**
        **Content Link:**Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Human Factors Study: Experiment 4-Preferred Following Distance and Performance in An Emergency Event**Date:** June 22, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-024**Category:**research, safety**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Four-mm Dynamic Shear Rheometry**Date:**June 21, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-15-053**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Analytical Method to Measure Water in Asphalt and its Application to Emulsion Residue Recovery**Date:** June 21, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-15-056**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center R&D Communication Reference Guide**Date:** June 12, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-15-058**Category:**research, Publication, guidelines, HRTM, report, brochure, communication, marketing**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA R&T Now - - May/June 2017**Date:** June 2, 2017**Publication No.:** None**Category:** research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:** Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine - May/June 2017 - - posted June 1, 2017**Date:** June 1, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-004**Category:**Public Roads**Type:** Periodical**PDF:**
  


      **May**
        **Content Link:**FHWA Research And Technology Evaluation: Gusset Plates Final Report**Date:**May 11, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-039**Category:**research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Leveraging the Second Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study: Examining Driver Behavior When Entering Rural High-Speed Intersections**Date: May 3, 2017****Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-016**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Report**PDF:**
  


      **April**
        **Content Link:**Optimization of Rib-to-Deck Welds for Steel Orthotropic Bridge Decks**Date:**April 6, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-020**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Pavement Performance Measures and Forecasting and The Effects of Maintenance and Rehabilitation Strategy on Treatment Effectiveness**Date: April 5, 2017****Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-047**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA R&T Now - - March/April 2017**Date:**April 5, 2017**Publication No.:** None**Category:**research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type:** Periodical**PDF:**
  


      **March**
        **Content Link:**Exploratory Advanced Research Program Research Associates Program 2016**Date: March 27, 2017****Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-023**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Brochure**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine - March/April 2017 - - posted March 22, 2017**Date: March 22, 2017****Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-003**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Enhanced Analysis of Falling Weight Deflectometer Data for Use With Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design and Analysis and Recommendations for Improvements to Falling Weight Deflectometers**Date:** March 10, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-15-063**Category:** research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:**State of The Practice for Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strip Implementation on Non-Freeway Facilities**Date:**March 10, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-026**Category:**research, safety**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Analysis of Cracking in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements**Date:** March 10, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-073**Category:** research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type:**Summary Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Data With Mechanistic-Empirical Design and Analysis, Volume II: Case Study Reports**Date:** March 8, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-010**Category:** research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** LTPP Climate Tool**Date:** March 8, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-011**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type:**Product Brief**PDF:****Content Link:**Long-Term Pavement Performance Bind Online**Date:**March 3, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-009**Category:** research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type:**Product Brief**PDF:****Content Link:**Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Data With Mechanistic-Empirical Design and Analysis, Volume I: Final Report**Date:**March 3, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-009**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Hydraulic Performance of Shallow Foundations for The Support of Vertical-Wall Bridge Abutments**Date:**March 1, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-013**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:**
  


      **February**
        **Content Link:**Impact of Environmental Factors on Pavement Performance in The Absence of Heavy Loads**Date:**February 24, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-078**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, LTPP**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA LTPP Guidelines For Measuring Bridge Approach Transitions Using Inertial Profilers**Date:** February 16, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-072**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Pathways to Careers in Federal Highway Research**Date:**February 16, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-025**Category:** research, technology**Type:** Brochure**PDF:****Content Link:** Intersection Conflict Warning System Human Factors: Final Report**Date:** February 14, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-061**Category:**research, safety**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:**EAR Program Research Results - Updated Through 2016**Date:** February 7, 2017**Publication No.:** ****FHWA-HRT-17-021**Category:**research, safety, human centered systems**Type:** Brochure**PDF:**
  


      **January**
        **Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - January/February 2017**Date:**January 24, 2017**Publication No.: None****Category:**research, infrastructure, safety, policy, operations, environment, planning**Type: Periodical****PDF:****Content Link:** Bond of Field-Cast Grouts to Precast Concrete Elements**Date:** January 20, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-081**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Technical Note**PDF:****Content Link:**Public Roads Magazine - January/February 2017 - - posted January 19, 2017**Date:** January 19, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-002**Category:**Public Roads**Type:** Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA Deep Foundation Load Test Database Version 2.0 User Manual**Date:** January 10, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-034**Category:** Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges, Piles, Deep Foundation Load Test**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Open Source Surrogate Safety Assessment Model, 2017 Enhancement and Update: SSAM Version 3.0**Date:**January 9, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-027**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:** Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models and Software: An Open Source Approach**Date:** January 9, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-17-028**Category:** research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory**Date:** January 9, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-031**Category:** research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:** Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**LTPP InfoPave - Release 2017 - What's New**Date:** January 9, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-030**Category:** research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Brochure**PDF:****Content Link:** FHWA LTBP Pilot Study Summary-Findings From The New Jersey Bridge Deck**Date:** January 5, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-16-070**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Summary Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Human Factors Study: Experiment 3-The Role of Automated Braking and Auditory Alert in Collision Avoidance Response**Date:** January 5, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-058**Category:**research, safety**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Human Factors Study: Experiment 2-Merging Behavior**Date:** January 5, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-057**Category:**research, safety**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Human Factors Study: Experiment 1-Workload, Distraction, Arousal, and Trust**Date:**January 5, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-16-056**Category:** research, safety**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:**State of The Practice on Data Access, Sharing, and Integration**Date:** January 5, 2017**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-15-072**Category:** research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:** Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Exploratory Advanced Research Program**Date:** January 5, 2017**Publication No.:** FHWA-HRT-17-022**Category:** research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Brochure**PDF:**

    
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