PENN AVENUE INTERCHANGE STUDY

THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS WERE EVALUATED BEFORE AND AFTER VARIOUS GEOMETRIC REVISIONS AND INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE MADE AT TWO DIAMOND INTERCHANGES. THE REPORT SHOWS THAT THE OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS, WHICH EXISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY, HAVE BEEN FULLY CORRECTED. RE- LOCATION OF FRONTAGE ROAD TERMINALS, ADDITION OF RIGHT-TURN CHANNELS, INSTALLATION OF ACTUATED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ADDITION TO MEDIAN BARRIERS, WIDENING RAMPS AND INTERSECTIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE TO VOLUMES HAVE GENERALLY INCREASED OVER THE STUDY PERIOD, QUEUE LENGTHS AND DELAY TIME WERE DECREASED AT PREVIOUSLY CONGESTED ELEMENTS OF THE INTERCHANGE. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpp, 333, 4522-082
• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Highways

  ,    

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Diamond interchanges; Frontage roads; Geometric design; Highway operations; Interchanges; Median barriers; Pavement widening; Queuing; Ramps; Relocation (Facilities); Right turn lanes; Traffic; Traffic actuated controllers; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic signals; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Relocation; Widening
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224923
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM