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Weighing Vehicles In Motion [1969], University Of Kentucky Research Foundation

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

An agreement between the Kentucky Department of Highways and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, dated March 15, 1969, extended and continued research on Weighing Vehicles in Motion. The agreement contained these objectives of the continuing research:

"The services provided by the FOUNDATION shall be within the scope of the objectives outlined in the original proposal and made a part of the original contract (Research Project KYHPR-61-27, Development of an Electronic Means of Weighing Vehicles in Motion, a part of the DEPARTMENT'S Work Program, HPR-1, Part II). The research shall consist of, but not limited to, the following:

A. Furnishing …

Settlement Of Highway Bridge Approaches And Embankment Foundations, Tommy C. Hopkins

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The nature and causes of the differential settlement between a bridge deck and the adjoining highway pavement have been studied by only a few investigators. Highway engineers often attribute this fault in the riding surface to the settlement of the embankment because of the improper placement and compaction of material in the approach embankment. Although there exists suggestive evidence that this condition produces the bridge approach fault, no conclusive evidence has been presented which shows this to be the primary source of settlement. Jones (1), Bishop (2) and Deen (3) suggest that differential settlement between the bridge deck and approach …