Design Guidelines for Provision of Median Access on Principal Arterials

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• Creators:
  Shea, Jillyn K. ; Machemehl, Randy B ; Rioux, Thomas W
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Arterial highways
  • Access
  • Property
  • Guidelines
  • Left turn lanes
  • Highway design
  • Medians
  • Median openings
  • Traffic flow
  • Flush medians
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-0-1846-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  Principal arterial class streets must move large traffic volumes while providing limited property access. Guidelines for median design and other characteristics that will maintain traffic flow potential are needed. Without such guidelines, principal arterials, over time, tend to lose traffic flow potential at the expense of property access functions. These guidelines are being developed as median selection criteria that consider flush medians with no left-turn lanes, flush medians with left-turn lanes, and raised medians with limited median openings.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14855/dot_14855_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 698.98 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:265d6255506b0dd1db7f0cd81de835ef5ba401d502d1975ba8e1b47960fb4319cbfa99cb439284413c92fd36fdaae99fd7200a34cf3c6e565c220feedf8340a9