Case Study: K-177 Modernization Project

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  Kansas. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Rural highways
  • Modernization
  • Highway safety
  • Planning and design
  • Case studies
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HIF-14-018
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Kansas
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Description:
  The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) selected K-177 from Council Grove to I70 as a modernization project with a set construction budget of $25 million (FY 2017), but construction costs to completely reconstruct this 22.9-mile corridor were estimated to be $67 million. As a result, KDOT conducted extensive modeling of current and projected operations and safety, which allowed them to select a project scope that achieves the performance objectives of a modernization project within the given budget constraints. The selected scope is projected to operate at a Level of Service B for its design life, increase passing opportunities on the project corridor by 14 percent, and result in a projected 13 percent decrease in the expected number of crashes compared to no-build conditions. In addition to engineering analysis, KDOT assembled a representative group of stakeholders from local communities to provide feedback regarding the selection of proposed improvements. Project construction letting is scheduled for March 2017.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62996/dot_62996_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 612.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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