Videos
The MnDOT Office of Research & Innovation produces a variety of videos. Some highlight ongoing or completed research projects; others are educational videos designed to help inform the public on topics of interest.
All of the videos listed below are available on either the MnDOT Office of Research & Innovation YouTube channel or the main MnDOT channel. The playlist above includes several featured videos from our YouTube channel.
The Minnesota Local Road Research Board (LRRB) also produces transportation research videos. LRRB videos are available on the LRRB website and the LRRB YouTube channel.
MnDOT Research & Innovation Videos
- Dynamic Curve Warning System
- Central Ave Pier 5 Before and After Repair
- Anchor Bolt-Tightening Demonstration
- I-35W 'Smart Bridge' Test Site Uses Vibration Data to Detect Bridge Defects
- Shoreview Pervious Concrete Success Story
- Ineffective Specialty Warning Signs: What's the Harm?
- Base Stabilization Guidance and Additive Selection for Pavement Design and Rehab
- Enhanced Culvert Inspections - MnDOT Webinar
- Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) for MnDOT Mowers
- Blatnik Bridge Demonstration, Duluth
- Researchers Test MnDOT Robot Message Painting Prototype
- Fences that Save: Cost-Effective Snow Control Tools
- MnDOT tests drones for bridge inspections
- Applying LiDAR to county transportation systems
- AFADs: Automatic Flagger Assistance Devices
- MnDOT Library’s Moving Knowledge
- Timber Bridge Inspection: Stress Wave Timer Demonstration
- Timber Bridge Inspection: Resistance Microdrilling Demonstration
- Truck Parking Availability Demonstration Project
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types and Countermeasures - MnDOT Webinar
- Chip Sealing on High-Volume Roadways: MnROAD Demonstration
- MnROAD Truck Driver
- Larpenteur Avenue Bridge Slide: Interview with David Herzog
- Reduced Conflict Intersection: A Safer Alternative
- Rumble Strips: Noise Difference from Traditional vs. Sinusoidal Designs
- Sign Life Expectancy Research Project
- Culvert Failure on Highway 66
- Stress Wave Timer - Timber Bridge Inspection
- Resistance Drilling - Timber Bridge Inspection
- MnDOT Library Director Sheila Hatchell discusses library ROI study
- DCT Test Sample Preparation
- Deicing Study: Putting the Products to the Test
- Weather and Loads: The Effect They Have on Roads
- Asphalt Overlay: The Four Ps
- Embankment Overtopping Bare Soil Test
- Shockwaves on Interstate 94
- ALERT System: Interview with Traffic Engineer Vic Lund
- Vehicle-Mounted Robotic Message Painter Prototype
- Microwave Asphalt Repair Demonstration - MnDOT District 3
- Bridge Deck Inspection Using an Infrared Camera
- Gamma 922 Retroreflectometer Instructions
- Portable Weigh-in-Motion System Demonstration at MnROAD
- Technical Advisory Panels, Pt. 5: Other Panel Members
- Technical Advisory Panels, Pt. 4: Technical Liaison
- Technical Advisory Panels, Pt. 3: Principal Investigator
- Technical Advisory Panels, Pt. 2: Project Coordinator
- Technical Advisory Panels, Pt. 1: Making Research Work
- Roads and Loads
- Pavement Management Systems
- To Pave or Not to Pave
- How About a Roundabout?
- Trash Harvester
- Snow Plow—Cool!
- Recreational Trail Preventive Maintenance - Mn/DOT and LRRB Research Project