IOWA DOT Accelerated Bridge Construction Workshop

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IOWA DOT Accelerated Bridge Construction
Workshop
By Vasant Mistry Federal Highway
Administration vasant.mistry_at_fhwa.dot.gov
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Front burner priorities

• By 2020, 90 of Urban Interstate Highways are
  at or exceeding capacity
• 1/3 bridges some 200,000 bridges are
  structurally deficient or functionally obsolete
• Annual loss of 40,000 lives

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U.S. Bridge Construction By Decade
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Work Zone Impacts

• 6,400 work zones (2003)
• 6,157 lane miles closed
• 20 capacity reduction
• Safety Issues

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Congestion Impact

• Congestion robs our nation of productivity and
  quality of life
• 4 billion hours/year time delay
• 2.7 billion gallons of wasted gas/year
• 73 billion in 75 urban areas

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Cost to Families and Civic Life

• Americans have less time to spend with their
  families and friends.
• - 55 miss one or more family functions per
  week.
• - 85 would spend more time with their family.
• Congestion negatively impacts the country's
  social fabric.

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Cost of Congestion to U.S. Businesses
500K/year for additional travel time for
maintenance crews Congestion at the Ambassador
Bridge, cost users between 150M and 200M.
Intel has moved their shipment departure time up
two hours
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Thank You
Accelerated Bridge Construction