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Taking an integrated design-build approach, Gannett Fleming, as the engineer of record, and Team Fishel, as the contractor, developed a plan to install 37 miles of high-capacity fiber optic cable. Photo: Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio’s connected vehicle testbed
Governments was created to oversee the project. ODOT funded the entire Phase 1 development and shared in this vision with the NW 33 Innovation Corridor Council of Governments. The grant received by the City of Marysville, along with other funding, will help finance the additional phases of this shared vision. This multi-phased project includes nearly 40 miles of fiber, roadside communication devices, and real time on-road testing. It is adjacent to the internationally recognized Transportation Research Center (TRC), the largest independent car testing facility in the nation, as well as the Ohio State University Research and Automotive Center, Honda America’s Headquarters, and more than 50 automotive suppliers. Once all phases of the project are complete, this stretch of roadway will provide a model of how to safely test connected and automated vehicles (CAV). Changing the future of transportation in Ohio, and across the world, starts with a robust communications network that will support the reliable exchange of big data. Backbone of a smart corridor The initial phase of establishing this Smart Mobility Corridor included construction of a telecommunications building next to the new TRC Welcome Center and installation of 37 miles of Alcoa Fujikura (AFL) 432-strand high-capacity fiber optic cable to connect the Dublin Metro Data Center (MDC) with the TRC Welcome Center.
Laying the fiber backbone of the U.S. 33 Smart Mobility Corridor. By Shane Campbell, P.E.
Construction of a connected vehicle testbed outside of Columbus, Ohio, is evidence of a transformational change taking place that will advance the state’s reputation from an industrial giant to a techno- logical powerhouse. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Gannett Fleming, and Team Fishel worked in partnership to employ intelligent transportation systems to complete Phase 1 of the U.S. 33 Smart Mobility Corridor. This project was born out of the vision to meet the high-speed internet needs of a growing community anchored in the automotive industry. The City of Marysville, Ohio, applied for and successfully acquired funding through the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Man- agement Technologies Deployment Program, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administra- tion (FHWA). From this, the NW 33 Innovation Corridor Council of
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