The Center research focuses on the design of technologically sound and environmentally friendly solutions to future transportation needs including, but not limited to, roadway design for survivability and storm water runoff management in areas that are occasionally exposed to coastal storm surge.
Ongoing Center research includes the following areas:

• Wave Forces on Bridge Decks
• How Hurricanes damage highways: the "weir-flow-damage mechanism"
• Hurricane Ivan Reports
• The Impact of Hurricane Ivan on the Coastal Roads of Florida and Alabama (1.09 MB pdf)
• The nationwide length of "coastal highways"

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