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Financial support for this investigation was provided by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is gratefully acknowledged.
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Received: Jul 6, 2016
Accepted: Jul 25, 2016
Published online: Oct 14, 2016
Discussion open until: Mar 14, 2017
Published in print: Apr 1, 2017
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