Smart Road Bridge | FIGG Bridge Group - FIGG Engineering
WEBBlacksburg, Virginia. Owner: Virginia Department of Transportation. Design / Construction Engineering and Inspection Support: FIGG. The rural beauty of the Ellett Valley made aesthetics a major focus of this project.
Virginia Smart Roads | Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
WEBIn November 2017, VTTI launched the Virginia Smart Roads, a suite of test tracks that enable advanced-vehicle testing in an interconnected and comprehensive cross section of roadways: including highway, surface, rural, and unimproved.
Wilson Creek Bridge - Wikipedia
WEBThe Wilson Creek Bridge (also known as the Smart Road Bridge) is the second tallest bridge in Virginia at 175 feet (53 m) tall, the tallest being the US-460 Corridor Q bridge over Grassy Creek and Virginia State Route 610 between Pike County and Buchanan County at 225 feet (69 m) tall.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SMART ROAD OVER WILSON …
WEBThe Smart Road over Wilson Creek, located in Montgomery County, Virginia, is the primary bridge project on a future four-lane divided roadway between Blacksburg, Virginia, and Interstate 81.
The Smart Road - Roads to the Future
WEBThe Smart Road, also sometimes called the Smart Highway, is a 2.2-mile-long 2-lane highway completed in 2002 near Blacksburg, Virginia, home of Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), and the highway is being used as a transportation research facility for highway and bridge research as well as for vehicular systems research and for Intelligent Transportation ...
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute opens doors, Virginia Smart …
WEBAlso planned are bus tours of the closed 2.2-mile test-bed Smart Road, including its three bridges – one of which is the tallest state-maintained bridge in Virginia – and a demonstration of the high-tech road’s weather-making capabilities. Since its opening in 2000, the road has served as a testing facility for researchers from Virginia ...
Virginia Smart Roads: Highway Section | Virginia Tech …
WEBThe Highway section (original Smart Road) is a 2.2-mile long controlled-access test track built to Federal Highway Administration standards.
Virginia Smart Roads: Live Roadway Connector | Virginia Tech ...
WEBThis connector allows VTTI to route test vehicles seamlessly between a live traffic environment and closed test tracks, enabling long-duration studies. The live roadway connector links the highway section (Smart Road) directly to U.S. 460 Business in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Rural, city streets become part of landscape at expanded VTTI …
WEBNov 14, 2017 · Researchers in Blacksburg are testing how self-driving cars react to the roadway and real-world hazards by recreating those scenarios on a new test track. It's part of an expansion of the...
‘Smart Road’ Technology Aids Research at Virginia Tech
WEBNov 8, 2000 · A “smart” road and a “smart” bridge at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are helping researchers develop ways to improve road and vehicle safety for trucks, automobiles and buses.
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