ADVANCE PLANNING FOR EMERGENCY HANDLING OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

Advance planning for emergency detours on a highway system benefits the user and the personnel establishing the detours. Development of such plans requires preparation of maps, determination of critical points, location of detours for short- and long-term closures, review and coordination with involved law enforcement agencies, planning of news releases, establishment of cross-communications systems, and testing and revision of detour plans. Two major incidents proved the value of advance planning. In the case of a large forest fire, the planned detour was used. In another case, the advance planning process aided in improvising a new detour plan under emergency conditions. This occurred when a munitions explosion precluded the use of the planned detour. The handling of these emergencies demonstrated that advance planning of detours is beneficial whether preplanned or field improvised.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr153/153-014.pdf
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 7th Summer Mtg. of TRB in cooperation with Florida DOT, Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 5-7, 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Meister, Elmo C
• Conference:
  • 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Jacksonville Florida, United States
  • Date: 1974-8-5 to 1974-8-7
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 111-115
• Monograph Title: Better use of existing transportation facilities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 153
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Detours; Embrittlement; Emergencies; Planning; Traffic incidents
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Emergency traffic control devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099504
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM