Overheight vehicle collisions with highway bridges

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1865, 2004, Pages 80-88

  Fu, Chung C ^a   Burhouse, J Ross ^b   Chang, Gang Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Dewberry and Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; CODES (STANDARDS); COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; OVERPASSES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

DAMAGE ANALYSIS; OVERHEIGHT VEHICLES; VEHICLE COLLISIONS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 9144238305     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1865-12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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