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Virginia Tech Vehicle Test Track System to Include Rural Road Simulation

April 17, 2018

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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is in the midst of a major expansion of its vehicle test track system in Blacksburg, Va., as it works to complete this fall a simulated rural road system covering 120 acres.

VTTI operates the Smart Road, a closed test-bed research facility built to Federal Highway Administration standards, with paved lanes, three bridges and roadside equipment for connected vehicle communications. Smart Road also offers lighting and weather system controls for testing in snow, fog and rain. The system includes 75 weather-making towers and a 500,000-gallon water tank that are part of a system that can produce up to 4 inches of artificial snow.

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