Laboratory Information:
FHWA - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
Website: http://www.tfhrc.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.tfhrc.gov/csg/csg.htm
Agency/Department: Dept. of Transportation
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Ken Jacoby
Phone: 202-493-3186
Email: ken.jacoby@dot.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
(TFHRC) is a federally owned and operated research facility in
McLean, Va. TFHRC is the home of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Office of Research,
Development, and Technology. TFHRC provides FHWA and the world highway community with the most advanced
research and development related to new highway technologies. The research focuses on providing solutions
to
complex technical problems through the development of more economical, environmentally sensitive designs;
more efficient, quality controlled constructions practices; and more durable materials. The end result
is a safer,
more reliable highway transportation system.
Mission of the Laboratory:
Researchers at TFHRC are dedicated to finding
innovative solutions to the problems facing the highway
community today. This research spans six categories:
-
Human Centered Systems
- Materials Technology
- Operations & Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Pavements
- Safety
- Structures
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Materials technology
- Structures
- Roadside Safety
- Run-Off-Road Safety
- Rural ITS
- Safety
- Simulation, Imaging, and Mechanics of Asphalt Pavement
- Speed Management
- Transportation Operations and Traffic Control Devices Research
- Visibility
- Recycling, Secondary Materials, and Waste Utilization
- Weather
- Asphalt Technology
- Bridge Asset Management
- Bridge Coating
- Bridge Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)
- Cement and Concrete Pavements
- Dedicated Short-Range Communication
- Design and Performance Modeling
- Engineering Applications
- High-Performance Materials
- Highway Capacity
- Highway Operations
- Human Centered Systems
- Intelligent Vehicles
- Intersections
- Intersections
- IVI Specialty Vehicles
- Long-Term Performance
- Materials and Construction
- Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
- Operations & Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Pavements
- Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety
- Pedestrians and Bicycles
