简介：TheFederalHighwayAdministration(FHWA)sponsoredalarge,multi-yearprojectconductedbytheMultidisciplinaryCenterforEarthquakeEngineeringResearch(MCEER)titled"SeismicVulnerabilityofNewHighwayConstruction"(MCEERProject112),whichwascompletedin1998.MCEERcoordinatedtheworkofmanyresearchers,whoperformedstudiesontheseismicdesignandvulnerabilityanalysisofhighwaybridges,tunnels,andretainingstructures.Extensiveresearchwasconductedtoproviderevisionsandimprovementstocurrentdesignanddetailingapproachesandnationaldesignspecificationsforhighwaybridges.Theprogramincludedbothanalyticalandexperimentalstudies,andaddressedseismichazardexposureandgroundmotioninputfortheU.S.highwaysystem;foundationdesignandsoilbehavior;structuralimportance,analysis,andresponse;structuraldesignissuesanddetails;andstructuraldesigncriteria.