Agricultural engineers go underground to study impact of water on Tennessee roads.
Smoother roads mean less damage to tender vegetables and fruit hauled to markets and distribution hubs. Better roads also mean less wear to the farm machinery and other vehicles that travel along them, less stress to transported livestock, and more effective use of tax dollars. Back to magazine table of contents ROAD TEST UT Water Study Aims for Smoother Highways by Margot Emery M ost motorists never see them at all. In fact, you may have driven by one of the data collection sites yourself on stretches of new highway in Tennessee and noticed nothing more than a small guard rail and fenced weather station. It's not surprising.