O.K. gang. Here is a non-BP individual (outsider) looking for help.
Margaret (Peggy) W. Crosson <[log in to unmask]>
Anyone with a response, please be sure to include a To: or CC: to her.

JBB

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> Subject: Information re: High Vehicle Traffic Impact on Historic Structures
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:44:04 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Hello,
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> My name is Peggy Crosson and I am co-chairing an initiative to save the
> historic district of Fincastle, Virginia (Botetourt County) by proposing
> a bypass around the town. This action would eliminate up to 2000
> vehicles per day from traveling through the town which currently is the
> only travel path from the northwest section of the county to U.S. 220, a
> feeder thoroughfare to the Roanoke Valley.
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> We have just applied for a DHR grant along with a TEA-21 grant for
> purchasing land for a future bypass. The application encourages us to
> document structural damage to historical structures in the travel paths
> through town.
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> My specific question or need is to find published research, if
> available, that substantiates the negative impact of high traffic
> volumes; i.e., vibration impact or other on historical structures.
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> Please advise if this type of research has been done, and if so,
> where/how it might be obtained. You may email me at
> [log in to unmask] or call me at work, 1-540-981-7411. Any and all
> assistance would be greatly appreciated at your earliest convenience.
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> Thank you very much.
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> Margaret (Peggy) W. Crosson