NTL Record

Title Double Crossover Diamond Interchange : [techbrief]
Record ID 65959
Personal Name
Creator
Hughes, Warren E.; Jagannathan, Ram
Personal Name
Contributor
Bared, Joe G.
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Publication Date 20091001
Language English
Abstract Today's transportation professionals, with limited resources available to them, are challenged to meet the mobility needs of an increasing population. At many highway junctions, congestion continues to worsen, and drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists experience increasing delays and heightened exposure to risk. Today's traffic volumes and travel demands often lead to safety problems that are too complex for conventional interchange designs to properly handle. Consequently, more engineers are considering various innovative treatments as they seek solutions to these complex problems. The corresponding technical report, Alternative Intersections/Interchanges: Informational Report (AIIR) (FHWA-HRT-09-060), covers four intersection designs and two interchange designs that offer substantial advantages over conventional at-grade intersections and grade-separated diamond interchanges. The AIIR provides information on each alternative treatment covering salient geometric design features, operational and safety issues, access management, costs, construction sequencing, environmental benefits, and applicability. This TechBrief summarizes information on one alternative interchange design—the double crossover diamond (DCD) interchange.
Public Note Distribution number: HRDS-05/10-09(3M)E
Rosap ID dot:38840
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38840
TRT Terms Diamond interchanges; Crossovers; Interchanges and intersections
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1149564
Report Number FHWA-HRT-09-054
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/65000/65900/65959/FHWA-HRT-09-054.pdf
Alternative URL https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/09054/index.cfm
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository