Highway noise barriers: 1994 survey of practice

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1523, 1996, Pages 107-115

  Storey, Beverly B ^a   Godfrey, Sally H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIERS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; VISUAL QUALITY;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030284645     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1523-13     Document Type: Review

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