Accommodating Oversize/Overweight Vehicles at Roundabouts

The objectives of this project are to: (1) Compile current practice and research by various states and countries related to the effects that oversize/overweight vehicles (also called super loads) have on roundabout location, design and accommodation, and (2) Fill in information gaps with respect to roundabout design and operations for these classes of vehicles.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/448

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $225000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(220)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transoft Solutions

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  Kansas State University's Center for Transportation Research

  2118 Friedler Hall
  Manhattan, KS  United States  66506-5000

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  W311 Nebraska Hall
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68588-0530

  Wisconsin Department of Transportation

  4802 Sheboygan Avenue
  Madison, WI  United States  53707

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  555 13th Street NE
  Salem, OR  United States  97301

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Mississippi Department of Transportation

  401 North West Street, P.O. Box 1850
  Jackson, MS  United States  39215-1850

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  2800 Berlin Turnpike
  Newington, CT  United States  06131

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 East Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222
• Project Managers:

  Montney, Rodney

• Performing Organizations:

  Kansas State University

  Manhattan, KS  United States  66506
• Principal Investigators:

  Russell, Eugene

• Start Date: 20100101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20111231
• Source Data: RiP Project 29800

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Design; Highway operations; Roundabouts
• Uncontrolled Terms: Oversize vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01528647
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(220)
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Jun 22 2014 1:00AM