This book presents a unique application of statewide freight planning; it is used to analyze the effects of spring load restrictions on freight flows. The model estimates freight transportation cost savings by removing spring load restrictions, which can be realized by improving the state highway system. The data for agricultural freight are estimated from the satellite imagery of the crop layers of North Dakota using spatial analysis and an algorithm developed for this purpose. The freight flow record for manufactured goods is obtained from the second-generation FAF database. To capture the...