COOPERATION AND COMPROMISE YIELDS AWARD WINNING STREETSCAPE PROJECT IN BEAVER, PA

This article describes the Beaver Borough signal project, a $3 million award-winning streetscape project in Beaver, Pennsylvania that involved revising and designing a closed-loop system of five signalized intersections. The project was conceived to replicate as closely as possible the aesthetics of Beaver at the turn of the century, as well as showcasing the Bicentennial Celebration. The article describes the various components of the project, including: traffic signal supports, foundations, traffic signal interconnection , junction boxes, pedestal traffic signal poles/street lighting lampposts, signal heads, pedestrian signal heads, controller cabinets, and pedestrian indications.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7529443
• Supplemental Notes:
  • September-October 2003; Page range: pp 32-34, 36-37
• Corporate Authors:

  International Municipal Signal Association

  165 East Union Street
  P.O. Box 539
  Newark, NY  United States  14513
• Authors:
  • Rudiak, J J
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • IMSA Journal
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: International Municipal Signal Association
  • ISSN: 10642560
  • Serial URL: http://www.imsasafety.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Historic preservation; Landscape architecture; Public participation; Sign supports; Traffic signals
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; History; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00962239
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 2 2003 12:00AM