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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

I-35W & Mississippi River Bridge Anti-icing Project: Operational Evaluation Report

Abstract:

A bridge that spans the Mississippi River on US Interstate 35W in Minneapolis, Minnesota has been fitted with a computerized system that sprays potassium acetate, an anti-icing chemical, on the bridge deck when data from environmental sensors indicate that hazardous winter driving conditions are imminent.

Source(s):

Minnesota DOT, Office of Metro Maintenance Operations

https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=643041

Date: 2001

Author:

Johnson

Keywords:


Anti-icing/deicing
Anti-icing/deicing chemicals
Costs
Productivity
Environment

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