US PLANS PACESETTER FOR M-WAY DESIGN

The forecast made by the chief engineer to america's New Jersey Turnpike Authority, that in the future highways will be designed whth widely separated carriageways, is reported, and the design of the Governor Driscoll Expressway (the latest extension to the New Jersey turnpike) is described. Previous stages in the development of the turnpike are reported in order to explain the philosophy behind the design of the expressway. Roadways separated by narrow medians led to a number of severe opposite direction accidents so median barriers were developed. When the roadways were widened, at a later stage, the adjacent residential areas were adversely affected. It is explained that as a result of this experience, land 600 ft wide has been acquired for the new expressway in order to provide A wide buffer between the roadway and adjoining property, and to allow for future development to take place in the 278 ft wide median. The expressway design is also reported to incorporate features to protect the environment both during construction and after the highway is opened. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 8-9
• Serial:
  • Highways and Road Construction
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 1781

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environment; Expressways; Freeways; Guardrails; Highway design; Land use; Location; Median barriers; Medians; Residential areas; Toll roads; Traffic lanes; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vicinity
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Lay-out
• ITRD Terms: 2992: Carriageway; 2914: Central reserve; 2455: Environment; 2855: Highway design; 356: Land use; 2885: Layout; 2752: Motorway; 1686: Safety fence; 8122: USA; 393: Vicinity; 6479: Width
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097337
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM