Briefing sheets on safety and operations of rural two-lane highways.

Details

• Creators:
  Fitzpatrick, Kay ; Epps, Jon ; Stockton, Bill ; Brewer, Marcus A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Rural highways
  • Two lane highways
  • Passing lanes
  • Highway safety
  • Traffic safety Briefing Sheets
  • Rural Highways
  • Roadway Design Manual
  • Turn Lanes
  • Super 2 Corridors
  • Signing and
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-16/0-6806-TTI-P1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Abstract:
  The safety and operations of Texas rural two-lane highways are being affected by increased traffic associated ; with the energy sector, including the unique characteristics of heavy trucks. Researchers reviewed existing ; conditions on select rural two-lane highways along with recent literature to develop the following two-page ; briefing sheets: ;  Length and Spacing of Super 2 Passing Lanes. ;  Operational Characteristics of Super 2 Corridors. ;  Safety Characteristics of Super 2 Corridors. ;  Signing and Marking on Super 2 Corridors. ;  Turn Lanes on Rural Highways.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6806-TTI
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31598/dot_31598_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:051c99198c42222a1adae250357525d22137ff8f07595d3c1e28f7e1a581a6c5c0f2fb89f0c3c6795c1c683556404c1020682386dd0365660c34f9bec959d3eb