To estimate the impacts and maintenance costs of the frac sand mining industry on roads and bridges, transportation engineering faculty and students reviewed literature on similar case studies, evaluated the properties of the materials of pavement materials, and used design software to analyze the impacts of increased truck traffic for Winneshiek County.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
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Transportation Infrastructure Impacts of Frac Sand Mining Industry
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- University University of Iowa
- Program Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities
- Sustainable Development Goals 09 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
- Population Type Transit Users
- Focus Areas Equity
- Discipline Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering
- University Department Engineering