RURAL HIGHWAY GRADE INTERSECTION LAY-OUTS AND SPECIAL SIGNS; ADVANTAGES OF T AND Y TYPE INTERSECTION; CLEAR VIEW AREA REQUIRED, WITH DISCUSSION

TYPES OF INTERSECTIONS ARE ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED ON THE BASIS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR USE. THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS--CROSS, OFFSET, "T", "Y", FORKED, AND FLAT ANGLE FORKED-- ARE DESCRIBED FOR SIMPLE INTERSECTIONS. TRAFFIC ISLANDS, ROUNDABOUTS, TRAFFIC CIRCLES, AND DECEPTIVE LAYOUTS ARE DEALT WITH BRIEFLY.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper No 3, 9 PP, 6 FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  /Rural Traffic Problems
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Taylor, C P
• Publication Date: 1939

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Rural Traffic Problems
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intersections; Rural areas; T intersections; Traffic circles
• Old TRIS Terms: Intersection angle /roadways/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226231
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM