- Industry: Government; Transportation
- Number of terms: 1862
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Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is the state agency responsible for the organization, construction, and maintenance of the of Iowa's highway system. Located in Ames, Iowa DOT is also responsible for licensing drivers and programming and planning for aviation, rail, and public transit.
A temporary bridge taking the place of the main bridge while construction is completed on the main bridge.
Industry:Construction
Located at the outermost ends, the part of a suspension bridge to which the cables are attached. Similar in location to an abutment of a beam bridge.
Industry:Construction
A structural condition where there are more elements of support than are necessary for stability.
Industry:Construction
The algebraic difference between the minimum and maximum stresses in a member.
Industry:Construction
A specific number assigned to all federal, state and local projects. The funding source (prefix), functional classification, a sequential number and possible suffix compose the elements of a project number.
Industry:Construction
The stress at which noticeable, suddenly increased deformation occurs under slowly increasing load.
Industry:Construction
When the superstructure is not perpendicular to the substructure, a skew angle is created. The skew angle is the acute angle between the alignment of the superstructure and the alignment of the substructure.
Industry:Construction
Any timber or rod of a truss that is subjected to pull or stretch.
Industry:Construction
