THE ECHELON INTERCHANGE
This paper presents a relatively unique concept for urban arterial highway interchanges. The interchange has been named the Echelon Interchange because of its symmetrical, but offset, pair of two-phase one-way pair intersections - one elevated over the other. It was noted that the interchange resembled a flying formation used by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the "Blue Angels," and called the "echelon" formation. The interchange is viewed as unique because there are no free-flow through-movements. Such an interchange would not be feasible for a freeway facility, where interchanges are most common. Because of the close association between freeways and interchanges, most interchange design concepts feature at least one pair of uninterrupted free-flow movements, and often, several pair of free-flow movements are featured.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Full conference proceedings available only on CD. This paper was published as an article in ITE Journal, November, 1999.
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Corporate Authors:
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Washington, DC United States -
Authors:
- Miller, N C
- Vargas, J E
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Conference:
- Institute of Transportation Engineers 67th annual Meeting
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: 1997-8-3 to 1997-8-7
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: n.p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Design; Highway design; Interchanges; Interchanges and intersections; Streets
- Uncontrolled Terms: Design features
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00751560
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 30 2002 12:00AM