
The remote-controlled Knuckle Boom Crane was developed by the Ohio Department of Transportation DOT to help maintenance crews safely and efficiently remove the debris that accumulates around bridge piers in larger rivers.

Missouri DOT's Automated Flagger Assistance Device (AFAD) is a portable system that can be used to control traffic during lane closures on two-lane highways while keeping workers out of harm's way.

Michigan DOT demonstrated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles instrumented with remote sensors for a wide range of cost-effective monitoring applications.
The No Boundaries pooled fund project is a community of practice of state DOT maintenance and operations professionals.
The group shares innovative maintenance technologies and practices to promote adaptation, implementation and broader use.
No Boundaries supports its mission with its work on a wide range of goals and activities.
No Boundaries Publishes Phase III Summary of Activities August 29, 2025 - With its third phase coming to an end, the No Boundaries Transportation Maintenance Innovations pooled fund has published a summary of the group’s activities from 2020 to 2025.
Highlights from No Boundaries’ Spring 2025 Peer Exchange May 6, 2025 - No Boundaries members met in Portland, Maine last week from April 29 – May 1 for the group’s spring peer exchange, hosted by MaineDOT. Members shared their latest innovations and best practices for getting maintenance work done faster, better and cheaper.
New TRB Publication Highlights No Boundaries’ Achievements November 12, 2024 - The article "No Boundaries: A Pooled Fund for Sharing Transportation Innovations" describes the successful strategies that No Boundaries has developed and refined to help members learn from each other, as well as insight into what makes the pooled fund’s methods so successful.
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