Design Guidance for High-Speed to Low-Speed Transition Zones for Rural Highways
This report presents guidance for designing the transition from a high-speed rural highway to a lower-speed section, typically approaching a small town. The report includes a methodology for assessing these highway sections and a catalog of potential treatments for addressing problems. It will be useful to geometric designers and traffic engineers responsible for these situations. The TRB website includes two significant products derived from this project. The first is a spreadsheet that can be used to create a straight-line diagram of a site that brings together all of the relevant information for analysis. The second is a Design Guidance document that a transportation agency can adapt to meet its own purposes and needs.
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Authors:
- Torbic, Darren J
- Gilmore, David K
- Bauer, Karin M
- Bokenkroger, Courtney D
- Harwood, Douglas W
- Lucas, Lindsay M
- Frazier, Robert J
- Kinzel, Christopher S
- Petree, David L
- Forsberg, Michael D
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 98p
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Serial:
- NCHRP Report
- Issue Number: 737
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0077-5614
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Approach roads; Geometric design; Highway traffic control; Rural highways; Small towns; Traffic speed
- Uncontrolled Terms: Transition zones
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01457886
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309258746
- Report/Paper Numbers: Project 15-40
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 28 2012 11:10AM