SYNOPSIS - COMMITTEE ON GEOMETRIC HIGHWAY DESIGN

A SYMPOSIUM WAS CONDUCTED AS A FORM OF COLLECTIVE RESEARCH FOR EXAMINATION OF RESULTANT OPERATION DATA ON THE DESIGN OF NARROW MEDIANS. THROUGH THE COOPERATION OF SEVEN STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS, REPORTS WERE OBTAINED WITH INFORMATION ON 23 DIFFERENT NARROW MEDIAN DESIGNS FOR 5 GENERAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. NARROW MEDIANS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE THOSE 8 FEET OR LESS IN WIDTH, OF RAISED CURB, ROUNDED OR FLUSH SECTIONS. THE GENERAL CONDITIONS WERE: (1) RURAL DIVIDED HIGHWAYS, WITHOUT CONTROL OF ACCESS, (2) MAJOR STREETS THROUGH RESIDENTIAL OR SUBURBAN AREAS, (3) MAJOR STREETS THROUGH BUSINESS AREAS OR WITH RIBBON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, (4) LONG STRUCTURES OR ELEVATED HIGHWAYS, AND (5) EXPRESSWAYS. A TABULATION IS PRESENTED WHICH IS A SUMMARY OF THESE REPORTS.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/35/35-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 35, pp 1-2 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
• Authors:
  • Loutzenheiser, D W
• Publication Date: 1951

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 1-2
• Monograph Title: Highways with a narrow median
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 35
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Divided highways; Expressways; Highway bridges; Highway design; Medians; Primary highways; Rural highways; State highways; Streets
• Old TRIS Terms: Narrow objects
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203466
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM