Virginia Smart Road

Features

• A 2.2-mile, controlled-access test track built to interstate standards
• Two paved lanes
• Three bridges, including the Smart Road Bridge
• Full-time staff that coordinate all road activities
• 24/7 access control and oversight
• Centralized communications
• Lighting and weather system controls
• Safety assurance and surveillance
• Fourteen pavement sections, including an open-grade friction course
• In-pavement sensors
• Zero-crown pavement section designed for flooded pavement testing
• An American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials -designated surface friction testing facility
• Seventy-five weather-making towers accessible on crowned and zero-crown pavement sections
• Artificial snow production of up to four inches per hour
• Production of differing intensities of rain with varying droplet sizes
• Fog production
• Two weather stations with official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather available within one mile
• Variable pole spacing designed to replicate 95 percent of national highway systems
• Multiple luminaire heads, including light-emitting diode modules
• A wireless mesh network variable control
• A high-bandwidth fiber network
• A differential GPS base station
• Complete signal phase and timing using remote controls
• Wide shoulders for safe maneuvering during experimental testing

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