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EDITORIAL CATEGORY - WINTER MAINTENANCE
Storage Container   Roads & Bridges February 2008   By Richard L. Hanneman
Salting industry believes more covered product can help cap environmental and winter weather problems
Hand Over Fist   Roads & Bridges April 2007   By W. Shane Larson, P.E.
Strong management more effective than “snow fighting” for Illinois DOT
Practice is Sticking   Roads & Bridges April 2007   By Richard L. Hanneman
Canada’s new approach to salting producing solid results
Ready with cold remedies   Roads & Bridges May 2005   Rodney Garrett
there are contractors specializing in cold (pavement) planning who collectively perform this service nationwide. Nevertheless, as with any other special services contractors, their workmanship quality, services and expertise can vary.
Heavy accumulation   Roads & Bridges July 2004   By Paul Pisano, Contributing Author
Teams of U.S. transportation experts traveled overseas three times in the past decade to study how other countries handle winter maintenance and operations.
Passive and active roles   Roads & Bridges December 2003   Thomas Christiansen, Contributing Author
Today’s most comprehensive pavement surface information is provided by a large number of roadway weather information systems (RWIS) and their embedded pavement sensors, which have the ability to gather data remotely so it is not necessary to be everywhere during hazardous weather. Although several different sensors are available, all are based on one of two basic pavement sensor technologies: passive or active. The following sections provide an introduction to each sensor technology and its value to our roads and bridges.
Winter Maintenance   Roads & Bridges December 2001   Surendra K. Mishra
Finding the right chemical solution is the challenge for proper winter road maintenance
Gazing into a crystal snowball   Roads & Bridges September 2001   Harvey J. Williams
The snow fighters of the future will be smarter, and so will their tools
No slalom on these slopes   Roads & Bridges September 2001   Dale Keep
Anti-icing techniques help ski area keep roads clear
Iowa DOT stalks roadway weather   Roads & Bridges September 2001   Dennis Burkheimer
RWIS uses pavement and atmospheric sensors to capture data that shape driving
Snow in August   Roads & Bridges September 2001   Allen Zeyher
APWA subcommittee?s new chair talks about levels of service, automated anti-icing and AVL
Opening with baseball in April   Roads & Bridges March 2001   Bill Wilson
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It's like watching snow melt   Roads & Bridges June 2000   Russ Alger
Knowing what salt to buy   Roads & Bridges June 2000   Bruce M. Bertram
Stay on this road   Roads & Bridges June 2000   Terry McKay
Don’t overdo it   Roads & Bridges December 1999   by Tom Broadbent
Look at what they can do   Roads & Bridges December 1999   by Bill Wilson
Open for business   Roads & Bridges June 1999
Calibration to automation   Roads & Bridges June 1999
Advancing on winter   Roads & Bridges April 1999   by Bill Wilson
Smoothing out snow removal   Roads & Bridges April 1999
A winning battle against snow and ice   Roads & Bridges December 1998   edited by Tim Gregorski
Intelligent snow removal in Michigan   Roads & Bridges December 1998
This article originally appeared in The Bridge published by Michigan’s Local Technical Assistance Program at Michigan Technological University.
What is RWIS?   Roads & Bridges December 1998   by Ed Ryden
INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY   Roads & Bridges November 1996   Salim Nassif
New weapons fight winter weather
Study finds salt out works abrasives   Roads & Bridges October 1996
Liquid CC hard on ice, easy on corrosion   Roads & Bridges June 1996   Scott Beazley, Bill Sadar and Paul Brown
ONLINE   Roads & Bridges June 1996   David Banasiak
Snowfighters to weather winter storms in Salt Lake City   Roads & Bridges March 1996   David Banasiak
The Blizzard of '96: Midwest edition   Roads & Bridges March 1996   Jerry B. Dickinson
Ice-Control Choices   Roads & Bridges March 1996
Gravel and salt used to be the mainstay of ice-control regimens for most DOTs. However, the world has become increasing sophisticated, and so have the methods of controlling ice on bridges and pavements.
The Blizzard of '96   Roads & Bridges March 1996   Lee Geistlinger

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