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Tunnels
For more than 20 years, the FHWA has researched and fomented
new technologies and best practices for the design and
construction of road tunnels. The use of underground space for
transportation of goods and people has increased in the last 10
years.
Tunnels represent the most expensive type of transportation
structures, where in addition to complicated design, the greatest
challenges may be encountered during construction. Since the
early 1930's until the latter part of the 1980's the technique of
tunneling has not kept pace with the development of other
technical fields and the literature on tunneling has also shown
signs of declining. Hence to be able to serve as a reliable and
credible information source to the field offices of FHWA, the
state highway agencies, municipalities as well as the general
public.
VISION: Preserve and Enhance United States Tunnel Engineering
Expertise
MISSION: To develop, promote and advance road tunnel engineering principles, technology, and
maintenance practices in the United States through a national team of road tunnel experts.

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GOALS:
Form a national team of road tunnel experts to serve as a reliable and credible information source to
internal (FHWA) and external (all other) customers.
Develop a web page to include such items as:
1. A database of ongoing tunnel projects in the United States.
2. List of tunnel-related publications and how they can be obtained
Enable and promote the continuous development of tunnel knowledge
Assist AASHTO T-20 Subcommittee on Tunnels to create tunnel specifications, and advance tunnel
research.

National Tunnel Inspection Standard (NTIS)

Supporting documents for the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) on the
National Tunnel Inspection Standards (07/30/2013)
Draft Specifications for the National Tunnel Inventory (.pdf, 1.3 mb)
Draft Tunnel Operations, Maintenance, Inpection and Evaluation (TOMIE) Manual (.pdf, 19 mb)
NTIS Preliminary Inventory Data Form (.pdf, 0.5 mb)
Notice of Proposed Rule Making on National Tunnel Inspection Standard (07/22/2010)
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on National Tunnel Inspection Standard (11/18/2008)

Tunnel Management
Highway Tunnel Inventory
Tunnel Management System (.zip, 121 mb)
FHWA and FTA Roll Out Nationwide Tunnel Management System
A Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tunnel Management

Virtual Team on Road Tunnels (VTRT)

Ask the TVT Expert Previous Questions and Answers

PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat Reader

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