Engineering Research Advisory Committee records, 1968-1991.

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Engineering Research Advisory Committee records, 1968-1991.

Records of the Engineering Research and Advisory Committee (ERAC) documenting its coordination of the engineering research program in the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation. Included are minutes, meeting materials, and correspondence with the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). These concern the committee's work in developing solutions to transportation system operational and performance problems; evaluating new methods and materials of construction and operations; and developing specifications and design standards for materials and methods. In 1989, the Engineering Research and Advisory Committee was reconstituted as the Council on Applied Research (CAR).

2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box)

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With the reorganization of state agencies in 1967, the former State Highway Commission (WIHV85-A1883) became the Division of Highways under the direction of a continuing Highway Commission within the newly created Department of Transportation (WIHV85-A1884). The division was a distinct unity of the department and exercised its powers indpendently of the department head except for budgeting, program, coordination, and related management functions. The Division was renamed the Divisio...

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