UT Arlington award will test bridge foundation work for Caltrans

California bridgesA University of Texas at Arlington researcher’s project will show whether California bridge foundations are safe and up to standards that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials have set. Xinbao Yu, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, has been awarded a two-year, $220,000 California Department of Transportation or Caltrans research project that will analyze and evaluate whether its bridge foundations are in accordance with the federal AASHTO standards. “California needs to show AASHTO that what it does meets