Bridge Monitoring Helping “Rebuild Illinois”

An Illinois Center for Transportation and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joint project, led by CEE professors Larry Fahnestock and James LaFave along with Mark Shaffer of IDOT, is part of the $45 billion “Rebuild Illinois” effort launched in 2019 to improve the state’s infrastructure.

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Provided by Larry Fahnestock. From left, UIUC professor Larry Fahnestock along with graduate students Sunny Zhou, Gaoyu Liu and Aradhana Agarwal on Oct. 15, 2020, at Regal Industrial Corporation in Donora, Pennsylvania, where the researchers began installing the strain gauges before construction.