Citation

Abboud NK, Bowman BL. ITE J. 2001; 71(6): 34-39.

Affiliation

URS BRW, San Diego, CA, United States

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Institute of Transportation Engineers)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

To identify the safety implications of highway shoulders, data were collected for 263 linear miles of two-foot shoulders and 404-linear miles of four-foot shoulders in 11 rural Alabama countries. None of the highways evaluated were within incorporated town or city limits. The data included construction costs of 59 highway segments and a total of 1,763 crashes. Overall, the study does not show the increased construction of cost of four-foot shoulders on state routes to be justified by an increase in traffic safety.

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