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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.
The regular vibration of an object as it responds in step (at the same frequency) with an external force.
Industry:Construction
The intermediate members of a truss, not including the end posts, usually vertical or inclined.
Industry:Construction
A single roller or a group of rollers so housed as to permit longitudinal movement of a structure.
Industry:Construction
A simple beam supported by cantilevers of adjacent spans, commonly connected by pins.
Industry:Construction
A bridge support that accommodates expansion and contraction of the superstructure through a rocking action.
Industry:Construction
A vertical structure that supports the ends of a multi-span superstructure at a location between abutments. Also see column and pile.
Industry:Construction
The part of a movable-span (or drawbridge) that opens to allow river traffic. Also called the draw-span.
Industry:Construction
Gabions, stones, blocks of concrete or other protective covering material of like nature deposited upon river and stream beds and banks, lake, tidal or other shores to prevent erosion and scour by water flow, wave or other movement .
Industry:Construction
