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Title:

HISTORY OF MEDIAN DEVELOPMENT IN ILLINOIS

Accession Number:

00203102

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

DESIGNS FOR MEDIANS OF DIVIDED HIGHWAYS HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING THE TRIAL INSTALLATION OF MANY DIFFERENT MEDIAN WIDTHS AND CROSS- SECTIONS. A SUMMARY OF SUCH ACTIVITY IN ILLINOIS IS PRESENTED. AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT WIDTHS OF MEDIANS FOR RURAL HIGHWAYS IT WAS DECIDED THAT A 40-FOOT WIDTH WAS THE DESIRABLE MINIMUM. WHERE POSSIBLE, MEDIANS WIDER THAN THIS MINIMUM ARE NOW USED BECAUSE OF DECREASE IN HEADLIGHT GLARE, REDUCTION IN CROSS-MEDIAN ACCIDENTS, AND FREQUENT ECONOMICAL IMPROVEMENT IN ROADWAY ALIGNMENT. HOWEVER, IN MOST CASES IN CONSTRUCTING A HIGH- WAY WITH FULL CONTROL OF ACCESS IN URBAN AREAS, IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO USE A NARROWER MEDIAN AND CONSIDER THE INSTALLATION OF A SUITABLE MEDIAN BARRIER. FOR ROUTES WITH NO CONTROL OF ACCESS IN CITIES, THE COST OF RIGHT-OF- WAY NORMALLY LIMITS THE DESIGN TO THE NARROW MEDIAN TYPES, OR TO NO MEDIAN AT ALL. IT IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED THAT AN EASILY MOUNTED OR FLUSH-TYPE BARROW MEDIAN SHOULD NOT BE USED WHERE THERE IS NEED FOR NUMEROUS LEFT-TURN MOVEMENTS. SUCH MOVEMENTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO INTERSECTIONS OR PROVIDED FOR BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADEQUATE LEFT-TURN LANES IN THE MEDIAN.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

01410061

Authors:

Hutchinson, John W
Kennedy, Thomas W
Surman, Hugo E

Pagination:

pp 50-84

Publication Date:

1966

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 105
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (26) ; References (6)

Geographic Terms:

Illinois

Old TRIS Terms:

Illinois

Subject Areas:

Design; Economics; Highways; History; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 29 1994 12:00AM

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