Report of the Bridge Design Aesthetics Team by Ron Meyer, April 15, 1998

(1998) Report of the Bridge Design Aesthetics Team by Ron Meyer, April 15, 1998. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

The importance of aesthetic design considerations in the transportation field has become more pronounced. This is due in large part to the impact that local community groups now have on the design and construction process. These groups have begun to request that transportation projects assess and mitigate to the degree possible the deleterious impacts that they may possibly have on a community. A common solution to these concerns is the use of aesthetic design. By softening the impact of a highway and its structures, the road begins to become part of the community and less an imposition upon it.