In addition to "structurally deficient, " another bridge classification is "functionally obsolete, " according to the Federal Highway Administration.
Driver shortages will reach nearly a quarter of a million by 2015, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
And the Federal Highway Administration says that this number is likely to grow larger because bridges are getting older.
Minnesota Department of Transportation bridge engineer Dan Dorgan said the term "structurally deficient" is a Federal Highway Administration rating.
Neither label indicates a bridge is unsafe for travel, the highway administration said.
The study, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, is the focus of a two day symposium held in Washington, D.
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The Federal Highway Administration selected Getaround to participate in a joint project with the city of Portland starting in February 2012.
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That month, the Federal Highway Administration found that nearly 10 billion fewer miles had been driven in May 2008 than in May 2007.
About 25 percent of all 603, 245 U.S. public road bridges are classified as deficient, according to a report announced this month by the Federal Highway Administration.
The Federal Highway Administration calculated that, in 2009, congestion in urban areas resulted in 4.8 billion hours of traveler delays and burned up 3.9 billion gallons of fuel.
The Federal Highway Administration says it doesn't use the phrase.
It is ironic, then, that South Korea's traffic setup was adopted from the Intelligent Vehicle Highway System, an ITS forefather pushed by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration in the early 1990s.
But the Federal Highway Administration rejected this proposal in April, citing a federal rule that toll revenue generated on interstates may be used only to improve or maintain the road with the toll.
The Federal Highway Administration concluded that the main cause was a crack that grew undetected in one of the bridge's huge chain links, but that the high volume of traffic was also a factor.
Federal Highway Administration data from 2006 shows that 24.5 percent of the nation's bridges longer than 20 feet were categorized as "structurally deficient" or "functionally obsolete" (data from Utah and New Mexico was from 2005).
This summer, New York's Department of Transportation will begin one of 19 pilot projects funded nationwide by the Federal Highway Administration to rebuild infrastructure to withstand the increasing number of severe weather events expected with climate change.
The bridge was not classified as structurally deficient, but a Federal Highway Administration database lists it as being "functionally obsolete" a category meaning that the design is outdated, such as having narrow shoulders and low clearance underneath.
According to the Federal Highway Administration, almost two-thirds of all highway fatalities are categorized as "road departures, " as opposed to intersection or pedestrian accidents, an indication of tired drivers veering out of their lanes or off the road altogether.
Like many of the other bridges on the Federal Highway Administration's list of structures that need to be monitored, inspected, and repaired, thousands of people rely on this bridge to get to work and school and to deliver goods every day.
Richard Capka, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, said Thursday that the agency would quickly advise transportation agencies around the country of steps they should take if a systematic problem with gusset plates was found, though he said no such advisory was yet in the works.
U.S. prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation, while experts at the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration are on the case too.
The board recommended that the National Highway Safety Administration, which makes safety grants to states, develop a program to encourage states to ensure all convicted drivers actually use the devices.
According to the National Highway Safety Administration, nearly one put of every 100 motorists is either texting, emailing, surfing the Web or otherwise using a handheld electronic device at any given time.
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The company says in documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Administration that it began looking into the problem after a customer complained that an SUV rolled away in January of 2012 after being started remotely.
Finally, we noted how well each vehicle performed in crash tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration agrees and has declined to issue a recall.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reportedly began investigating the matter after receiving complaints from 42 owners.
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Despite its findings, LaHood said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was considering new regulations to improve safety.
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The recall affects almost 200, 000 SUVs from the 2007-2009 model years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed safety data, after Firestone claimed Ford's popular sports utility vehicle (SUV) was defective.
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