SPR-4409: Safety, Mobility, and Cost Benefits of Closing One Direction of Interstate in Rural Areas During Construction Work

Contractors have been pushing for more safety either by closing sections or placing barrier walls along the length of the project. Project deliverables will be guidelines that help to determine (1) where it is beneficial to close interstates, (2) what needs to be added prior to projects such as extra lanes, widening structures, increasing truck radii, signal timing, etc., and (3) what it is an acceptable user cost and necessary liquidated damages for the contractor to complete on time.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $130000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4409

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Labi, Samuel

  Yoon, Soojin

  Kang, Kyu

  Hastak, Makarand

• Start Date: 20191101
• Expected Completion Date: 20210630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Guidelines; Lane closure; Mobility; Rural areas; Traffic safety; Work zone traffic control
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01721971
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4409
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 5 2019 1:43PM