Tag: intersections

Roadbuilding

New website designed to curb Miss. traffic deaths

A new website has been created to try to reduce the rising number of traffic fatalities in Mississippi, especially in work zones. The site, GoMDOT.com/DriveSmartMS, comes in response to a 14-percent increase in road deaths in the state during the past three years, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. “MDOT has a goal of […]

January 29, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work to begin on widening I-40 at Jackson, Tenn.

Ground has been broken on widening 3 miles of Interstate 40 from four lanes to six in Jackson, Tennessee. The $67 million project also includes improving two intersections and building a new one along the highway, between west of the U.S. 45 Bypass and west of State Route 5. Two bridges—at SR 5 and SR […]

October 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

MnDOT: Intersections on multi-lane highways are saving lives

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says a new safety study shows Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCI) are saving lives and reducing injuries. These multi-lane highway intersections allow drivers to turn right from a smaller roadway onto a higher speed road and make a u-turn at an opening in the median. However, RCIs do not allow […]

June 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

SDDOT begins final phase of Mount Rushmore Road project

On March 15, members of the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Mount Rushmore Road Group gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of the third and final phase of construction on Mount Rushmore Road, NBC Newscenter 1 reports. The South Dakota Department of Transportation project includes urban grading, storm and sewer installations, and the […]

March 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Flash: the red light camera dilemma expands

The numbers keep rising. Those who think red light cameras are a good thing and the other half of the people. Opposition to them keeps rising, but so the attempts to install them. Stateline reports that traffic cameras  are on legislative agendas throughout the country. This year, lawmakers in 22 states have filed more than 100 bills […]

February 28, 2013