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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF USER COST MODEL FOR MOVABLE BRIDGE OPENINGS IN FLORIDA By BERNARD BUXTON-TETTEH A Thesis submitted to the Department of Civil Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2004 The members of the Committee approve the thesis of Bernard Buxton-Tetteh defended on March 26, 2004. _______________________________________ John O. Sobanjo Professor Directing Thesis _______________________________________ Renatus N. Mussa Committee Member ________________________________________ Lisa Spainhour Committee Member Approved: ___________________________________________________ Jerry Wekezer, Chair, Department of Civil Engineering The office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above-named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to God who provided me with strength and wisdom and by whose grace I have come this far in my educational career. I would like to thank Dr. John O. Sobanjo for his advice, instruction, and support and for giving me the privilege to work him in the pursuance of my Master’s degree. I would also like to thank Dr. Renatus Mussa and Dr. Lisa K. Spainhour for serving on my committee and for their guidance in the preparation of this report. I would like to thank my mother, Madam Victoria for her prayers and my brother Michael who has been a source of inspiration throughout my educational career.