The Bridge Newsletter

• Seeking the Qualified: Qualifications-based Selection
• Rising to the Challenge: Robert Laitinen
• Mumblings on Rumblings
• 2016 Great Ideas Challenge
• Preventing Drowsy Driving
• Once in a Thousand Years--A Michigan Storm Event
• Stormproofing Principles Applied to Local Roads
• Digitizing the Rumble Strip?
• Free Transportation Asset Management for Elected Local Officials

• TAMC Website 2.0
• Getting Youth Excited about Road Commissions
• Tips for Preventing Heat Stress
• Making Construction Information Accessible
• Perparing for Emergency Means Fostering Relationships

• Paving the Way for Your Successor
• The Need for Bridge Asset Management
• South Dakota LTAP's Gravel Guru: Ken Skorseth
• FY 2018 Category F Application Period

• Crumb Rubber Asphalt Trial on Michigan Roads
• Becoming ADA Compliant
• PPE: Investing in a Safety Lifestyle
• 12 Tips for Maintaining Unpaved Roads

• Superior Ideas for Winter Maintenance
• Restoring Whites Covered Bridge
• Increasing Clarity by Writing Concisely
• The Road from Engineer to Manager
• Michigan LTAP Intern Wins Logo Competition

Additional Links

Video of Superior Stick

Marquette County Road Commission's Wing Plow Operations Guide

• Preventing Aggregate Segregation in HMA
• 2015 Great Ideas Challenge results
• Lapeer CRC adopts systemic safety
• Mobile apps for transportation professionals

Additional Links

• Michigan: A longtime Pioneer in Traffic Safety
• Geogrid Projects in Houghton and Baraga
• Applications for Category F Grants now Open
• New Technology at CTT On-site Training
• Announcing the 2015 Great Ideas Challenge

• Future Transportation Professionals
• Infrared Recycling for Pothole Repairs
• Visually Assess Tightness of Lugnuts
• Risk-based Asset Management

• Enhanced Delineation & Friction for Horizontal Curves
• Childhood Passion, Lifelong Career
• Online Winter Maintenance Resources
• Minnesota Snow & Ice Control Handbook Updated
• New Rules, Resources for ADA Compliance
• Grader Paver Wins 2014 Great Ideas Challenge

Online Winter Maintenance Resources

Winter is fast approaching, and while many are preparing to keep warm and shovel immense amounts of snow, others are preparing to re-familiarize with best practices for winter operations. We've put together a collection of online resources for forecasting, plowing, deicing, salt use, and workforce managment. Hyperlinks to these resources can be found at:

http://michiganltap.org/WinterResources

Additional links in this issue:

White's Bridge Project

Facebook.com/RebuildWhitesBridge

WhitesBridgeHistoricalSociety.org

Minnesota Snow & Ice Control Handbook

www.mnltap.umn.edu/publications/handbooks/documents/snowice.pdf

Resources for ADA Compliance

fhwa.dot.gov/federal-aidessentials/catmod.cfm?id=107

Resources for horizontal curves:

FHWA website on horizontal curves

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, FHWA, 2009

Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety, FHWA, 2006

Safety Evaluation of Improved Curve Delineation

AASHTO Highway Safety Manual (Available for purchase from AASHTO)

Crash Modification Factor (CMF) Clearinghouse (search "horizontal curve")

2014 National Acceleration Bridge Construction Conference

www.2014abc.fiu.edu

• Water tower pays for other improvements
• Safety peer exchange announced
• Genesee CRC wins national safety award
• Early engineering study saves money
• Alcona CRC’s road to recovery after fire
• Sign repair stand is safety on the cheap