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The Bridge - 33.3
Vol 33, No 3
Published

Articles in this Issue:

  • Plowing through Snow...and Sleep Disruptions
  • Innovation Repository: EDC Virtual Summit's Showcase of State- and Local-agency Innovations
  • Spotlight on Michigan Innovations in the EDC Virtual Summit Showcase
  • Everything You Need to Know About CDLs (and Where to Learn More)
  • Up-grade! Michigan LTAP Goes from Zero to New for Its Motor Grader Training
  • Seven Habits of Highly Successful Collaborators
  • Preparing for the Snow and Ice Season
  • Batting for a Home Run: Dewayne Rogers and His Innovative Endeavors on the Clare CRC Network
The Bridge - 33.2
Vol 33, No 2
Published

Articles in this Issue:

  • Custom Brines and Blends: Maximizing Your Brines with In-house Processing
  • A Story-telling, Strategy-setting, Millage-winning Tool: The Asset Management Plan
  • Delta CRC Tests Gravel Road Stabilization Techniques
  • A Sneak Peek at the Delta CRC Test Setup
  • Two Simple Changes to Increase Brine Usage
  • Iowa Creates Virtual Public Involvement Tool
  • Note-taking Strategies for the Digital World - Part 2
The Bridge - 33.1
Vol 33, No 1
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Crack Sealing the Way to a Longer Pavement Service Life
  • The Idea to Innovate: Michigan LTAP Great Ideas Challenge
  • Flexible Financing for Small Communities
  • Michigan SIB Loans
  • Phil Strong: Improving Gogebic County Roads by 'Going Together'
  • TAMC Releases Michigan's 2019 Roads & Bridges Annual Report
  • TAMC Adjusting to the Times
  • System-wide Safety
  • Note Taking: Strategies for the Digital World
The Bridge - 32.4
Vol 32, No 4
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Enzymes: A Stabilizing Force for Gravel Roads?
  • Pave. Recycle. Repeat. Michigan Agencies Recycling Millings for Road Maintenance
  • Drain Commissioners: A Benefit to Your Road down the Road
  • Tree Trimming in the Right of Way: How to Cut and Remove Trees in the ROW Safely
  • Innovation Synergy: UAS Videos Enhance Virtual Public Involvement Techniques
  • The Problem of Endangered Species
The Bridge - 32.3
Vol 32, No 3
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Wondering about Warranties? Michigan's New Local Agency Pavement Warranty Program
  • Out-engineering Nature's Engineers: How to Prevent Beavers from "Improving" Upon Your Culverts
  • In One County--The Two Names and Many Roles of Stuart "Mike" McTiver
  • Asset Management Trainings
  • Weather-Responsive Management Strategies
The Bridge - 32.2
Vol 32, No 2
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Weaving Technology into Asphalt: The Latest in Fiber-reinforced Pavements
  • 'Wheels' and 'Bridges' of the Michigan LTAP
  • Research in 'Your Back Yard': Minnesota's Local Road Research Board
  • Fraud Awareness and Prevention for Government Entities
  • Strategies for Disseminating Information
  • Take Note! LRRB Projects
  • TAMC 2018 Annual Report
  • Great Ideas Challenge
  • Paving Inspection
The Bridge - 32.1
Vol 32, No 1
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Where the Rubber Meets the (Rubber) Road in Kalamazoo County
  • Better Not Forgotten: A Look at Michigan's Culvert Assets and the Pilot Attempt at Tracking Them
  • Of Legos, Lincoln Logs, and the Law: Building Success at Washtenaw CRC with Sheryl Siddall
  • Amendments to Public Act 51: How PA 323, 324, and 325 Will Affect You
The Bridge - 31.2
Vol 31, No 2
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Thawcaster: Predicting Cookies-'n'-Cream-like Roads
  • Ingham County Road Department's Great Idea
  • LTAP's Engineers
  • Road Weather Management—Weather Savvy Raods
  • Sailing Towards Compliance with the IRT
The Bridge - 31.1
Vol 31, No 1
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • One Way To Muzzle a Citation: How the Appropriate Training Keeps You Safe at a Mine Site
  • How to Reach Seniors with Your Agency's Communications
  • Keeping Your Cool When Things Heat Up
  • Did You Know? IBR System™
  • What Makes the IBR System™ Unique?
  • Mechanisms for Change: Using the Michigan's Roads & Bridges Annual Report as an Asset Management Tool
The Bridge - 30.4
Vol 30, No 4
Published
Articles in this Issue: 
  • Texas Underseal: Cracking Up to Be a Good Treatment for Michigan Roads
  • Q&A on Preventive Maintanence with CPM Engineer Rob Green
  • Moving Michigan's Infrastructure into the 21st Century
  • Excel PivotTables, Easy as 1-2-3
  • 'The Guy that's Making an Improvment': Paul Spitzley
  • Announcement: Great Ideas Challenge
  • Announcement: MDOT Category F Applications for FY 2019