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  • Report on the Advisability of Expanding the Use of Cable Median Barrier in Illinois

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  • Illinois Department of Transportation Bureau of Safety Engineering report provides information and preliminary conclusions concerning a study and policy to deploy cable median barrier in areas with the greatest potential to reduce severe cross-median crashes. Between 2005 and 2008, IDOT and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority installed 210 miles of hightension cable median barrier along Illinois Interstates. Although the number of years of after installation crash data is limited, preliminary analysis indicates that cable median barrier is reducing cross-median crashes.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2009
Number or Issue: July

Date Created: 07 09 2009
Date Last Modified: 07 14 2009

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1. Report on the Advisability of Expanding the Use of Cable Median Barrier in Illinois July 2009 (ReportontheAdvisabilityofExpandingtheUseofCableMedianBarrierinIllinoisJuly2009.pdf).
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