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        **December**
        **Content Link:**LTBP Bridge Performance Primer**Date:**December 23, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-051**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Load-Path Redundancy on The US-421 Bridge Over The Ohio River**Date:**December 12, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-105**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Pavement Marking Demonstration Projects: State of Alaska and State of Tennessee**Date:**December 4, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-048**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Characterization of Bridge Foundations Workshop Report**Date:**December 4, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-101**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:** ​​
  


      **November**
        **Content Link:**Focus - - October 2013**Date:**November 27, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - November 2013**Date:**November 27, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Type:**Optimization Of Grade 100 High-Performance Steel Butt Welds**Content Link:**November 26, 2013**Date:**November 26, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-102**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**A Primer for Agent-Based Simulation and Modeling in Transportation Applications**Date:**November 26, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-054**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Development Of Non-Proprietary Ultra-High Performance Concrete For Use In The Highway Bridge Sector**Date:**November 18, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-100**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Assessment of the Geographic Information Systems' (GIS) Needs and Obstacles in Traffic Safety**Date:**November 18, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-096**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, November/December 2013 - - posted November 15, 2013**Date:**November 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-14-001**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:**Driver Expectations When Navigating Complex Interchanges**Date:**November 13, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-048**Category:**research, safety, human centered systems**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Pavement Remaining Service Interval Implementation Guidelines**Date:**November 13, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-050**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Reformulated Pavement Remaining Service Life Framework**Date:**November 13, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-038**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Report**PDF:** ​​
  


      **October**
        **Content Link:**Federal Highway Administration Design Manual: Deep Mixing for Embankment and Foundation Support**Date:**October 24, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-046**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control: Human Factors Analysis**Date:**October 22, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-045**Category:**research, safety, human centered systems**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Accelerated Determination of ASR Susceptibility During Concrete Prism Testing Through Nonlinear Resonance Acoustic Spectroscopy,**Date:**October 22, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-085**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Long-Term Pavement Performance Pavement Loading User Guide (LTPP PLUG)**Date:**October 22, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-089**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Paving The Way for Greener Highways - Extending Concrete's Service Life Through Multiscale Crack Control**Date:**October 22, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-079**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Designing A New National Household Travel Survey Innovations in Collecting and Analyzing Long-Distance Travel Information**Date:**October 22, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-081**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - September 2013**Date:**October 18, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Traffic Control Device Conspicuity**Date:**October 17, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-043**Category:**Safety, Infrastructure, Research**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Guidelines for Sampling, Assessing, and Restoring Defective Grout in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Post-Tensioning Ducts**Date:**October 17, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-028**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Focus - - September 2013**Date:**October 9, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-013**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Accelerated Determination of ASR Susceptibility During Concrete Prism Testing Through Nonlinear Resonance Ultrasonic Spectroscopy**Date:**October 9, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-086**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Understanding Transportation Systems-An Integrated Approach to Modeling Complex Transportation Systems**Date:**October 8, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-080**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:** RABIT Bridge Deck Assessment Tool, - - posted October 8, 2013**Date:**October 8, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**research, infrastructure, structures, bridges, LTBP, Long-Term Bridge Performance**Type:**Web Site**PDF:** ​​ PDF Not available
  


      **September**
        **Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, September/October 2013 - - posted September 20, 2013**Date:**September 20, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-006**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:**Understanding Long-Distance Traveler Behavior - Supporting A Long-Distance Passenger Travel Demand Model**Date:**September 18, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-095**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Harnessing Pavement Power - Developing Renewable Energy Technology in The Public Right-Of-Way**Date:**September 18, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-094**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Safety Evaluation of Discontinuing Late-Night Flash Operations At Signalized Intersections**Date:**September 13, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-069**Category:**research, safety, HSIS**Type:**Summary Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Next Generation Vehicle Positioning and Simulation Solutions - Using GPS and Advanced Simulation Tools to Improve Highway Safety**Date:**September 12, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-065**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Exploratory Advanced Research Program Brochure**Date:**September 10, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-071**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Brochure**PDF:** ​​
  


      **August**
        **Content Link:**Effective Integration of Analysis, Modeling and Simulation Tools**Date:**August 26, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-087**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Flyer**PDF:****Content Link:**Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) Methodology for Alternative Intersections / Interchanges**Date:**August 26, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-083**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Flyer**PDF:****Content Link:**Traffic Bottlenecks-Identification and Diagnosis, Countermeasure Prioritization, and Innovative Solutions to Local/Systemic Problems**Date:**August 26, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-082**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Flyer**PDF:****Content Link:**Safety Evaluation of Converting Traffic Signals From Incandescent to Light-Emitting Diodes**Date:**August 23, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-070**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Summary**PDF:****Content Link:**Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Performance Testing-Axial Load Deformation Relationships**Date:**August 23, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-066**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Focus - - July 2013**Date:**August 20, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - July 2013**Date:**August 20, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Research and Technology Agenda - - posted August15, 2013**Date:**August15, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Announcement**Type:**Web Site**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:**The Effective Integration of Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-036**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Traffic Control Device Conspicuity**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-044**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Simulator Study of Signs for A Complex Interchange and Complex Interchange Spreadsheet Tool**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-047**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Synthesis of Traveler Choice Research: Improving Modeling Accuracy for Better Transportation Decisionmaking**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-022**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Large Field Test of New Stereo Detection System for The Pedestrian Signal Phase for The Visually Impaired**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-074**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Composite Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Mass**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-10-077**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Friction Angles of Open-Graded Aggregates From Large-Scale Direct Shear Testing**Date:**August 15, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-068**Category:**research, infrastructure, structures, bridges, LTBP, Long-Term Bridge Performance**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Field Evaluation of A Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection**Date:**August 1, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-037**Category:**research, safety, human centered systems**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Program, - - posted August 1, 2013**Date:**August 1, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Multimedia**PDF:** ​​
  


      **July**
        **Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, July/August 2013 - - posted July 24, 2013**Date:**July 24, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-005**Category:**Public Roads**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:**LTPP Newsletter, Spring 2013 - - posted July 10, 2013**Date:**July 10, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-074**Category:**Infrastructure, Pavements, Research, LTPP**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA LTBP Workshop to Identify Bridge Substructure Performance Issue**Date:**July 3, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-049**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:** ​​
  


      **June**
        **Content Link:** Congestion Pricing Experiments and The Effects on Driver Choices, - - posted June 28, 2013**Date:**June 28, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Lightweight Concrete: Mechanical Properties**Date:**June 26, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-061**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Greener Protection for Steel Bridges - Testing Nano-Enhanced Corrosion-Resistant Coatings**Date:**June 21, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-064**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research program, nanoscale, nanotechnology**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Ultra-High Performance Concrete: A State-of-the-Art Report for the Bridge Community**Date:**June 21, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-060**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Focus - - May 2013**Date:**June 13, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-013**Category:**Publication**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**Vehicle Positioning, Navigation, and Timing: Leveraging Results From EAR Program-Sponsored Research**Date:**June 5, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-052**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Creating Productive Roadways: Developing an Advanced Energy Production, Storage, and Distribution System**Date:**June 5, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-063**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - May 2013**Date:**June 3, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​​
  


      **May**
        **Content Link:**Curl and Warp Analysis of The LTPP SPS-2 Site in Arizona**Date:**May 31, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-040**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Pavement Remaining Service Interval**Date:**May 31, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-039**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Lane-Level Vehicle Positioning: Integrating Diverse Systems for Precision and Reliability**Date:**May 30, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-059**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Casual Carpooling Focus Group Study**Date:**May 30, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-053**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Smart Pavement Monitoring System**Date:**May 24, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-072**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Guidelines for Sampling, Assessing, and Restoring Defective Grout in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Post-Tensioning Ducts**Date:**May 24, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-027**Category:**Infrastructure, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, May/June 2013 - - posted May 20, 2013**Date:**May 20, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-004**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​​ PDF Not available
  


      **April**
        **Content Link:**Daytime Color Appearance of Retroreflective Traffic Control Sign Materials**Date:**April 30, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-018**Category:**research, safety, human centered systems**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Office of Operation Research and Development**Date:**April 30, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-020**Category:**research, operations, intelligent transportation systems, ITS**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Tomorrow's Transportation Market - Developing An Innovative, Seamless Transportation System**Date:**April 18, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-058**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Real-Time Bridge Monitoring - Developing Wireless Nanosensors to Monitor Structural Integrity**Date:**April 18, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-057**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**LTPP Newsletter, Winter 2013 - - posted April 16, 2013**Date:**April 16, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-055**Category:**Infrastructure, Pavements, Research, LTPP**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**LTBP Newsletter - Spring 2012**Date:**April 9, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-033**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - March 2013**Date:**April 1, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​​
  


      **March**
        **Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, March/April 2013 - - posted March 25, 2013**Date:**March 25, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-003**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:**PDF Not available**Content Link:**Identification of Nondestructive Evaluation Needs for The United States Highway Infrastructure**Date:**March 14, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-056**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Pavements, Materials**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:** ​​
  


      **February**
        **Content Link:**Material Characterization of Field-Cast Connection Grouts**Date:**February 21, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-042**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:**
  


      **January**
        **Content Link:** LTPP Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 1, Fall 2012 - - posted January 30, 2013**Date:**January 30, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-034**Category:**Infrastructure, Pavements, Research, LTPP**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:**FHWA R&T Now - - January 2013**Date:**January 29, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:****Content Link:** FOIL (Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory) Kia Rio Into Pole Surveillance Assessment Test, - - posted January 24, 2013**Date:**January 24, 2013**Publication No.:**None**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Multimedia**PDF:** PDF Not available**Content Link:**Summary Report On The FHWA LTBP Workshop To Identify Bridge Substructure Performance Issues: March 4-6, 2010, In Orlando, FL**Date:**January 11, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-11-037**Category:**Research, Infrastructure, Structures, Bridges**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Office of Safety Research and Development Fact Sheet**Date:**January 11, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-066**Category:**Research, Safety, Hardware**Type:**Fact Sheet**PDF:****Content Link:**Surface Resistivity Test Evaluation as an Indicator of the Chloride Permeability of Concrete**Date:**January 10, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-024**Category:**research, infrastructure, pavements and materials**Type:**Techbrief**PDF:****Content Link:**Automated Video Feature Extraction Workshop Summary Report October 10-11 2012**Date:**January 10, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-037**Category:**research, exploratory advanced research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Literature Review on Recent International Activity in Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Automation Systems**Date:**January 8, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-025**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:**Recent International Activity in Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Automation Systems**Date:**January 8, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-12-033**Category:**Advanced Research, Exploratory Advanced Research**Type:**Report**PDF:****Content Link:** Public Roads Magazine, January/February 2013 - - posted January 2, 2013**Date:**January 2, 2013**Publication No.:**FHWA-HRT-13-002**Category:**research, technology**Type:**Periodical**PDF:** ​ PDF Not available

    
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