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	USATODAY.com - Lives saved as highways get cable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		North Carolina, Missouri, Texas, Washington, California and Utah are among the nation's leaders in installing median guard cable, according to the Texas Transportation Institute, a research body at Texas AandM University.
		Highway traffic engineers also say that because the cables give when hit, the G-forces on a driver involved in a guard-cable collision are much less than with a fixed barrier, Olson said.
		North Carolina was the first to embrace guard cables on all of its interstate highways.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-07-19-highway-cables_x.htm (766 words)

	Summary Report FHWA RD-93-046
		This study examined the effect of median width on the frequency and severity of accidents on homogeneous highway sections with a traversable (nonbarrier) median.
		Median width was defined as the width of the portion of divided highway separating the traveled ways for traffic in opposite directions (including the inside shoulder).
		This figure depicts the relative effect of median width on total accident rates in Utah and Illinois when median width is represented both as a categorical and as a continuous variable relative to the rate for medians of zero width.
	www.hsisinfo.org /pdf/rd93-046/rd93-046.htm (1247 words)

	Central reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One median of note is the "inverted" median of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) in the Tehachapi Mountains between Los Angeles, California and the San Joaquin Valley.
		For several miles the median is inverted andmdash: Northbound traffic is on the western roadway and southbound traffic on the eastern road.
		The median for Canal Street in New Orleans (and by extension, for all streets in Greater New Orleans) is called "neutral ground" by local residents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Median_(highway) (563 words)

	barrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The median barriers are designed to reduce the number of fatalities on the 13-mile stretch of highway from Cupertino to south San Jose.
		Highway 85 is currently one of only two highways in California that use radar to enforce speed limits.
		John Maxfield, CHP public affairs officer, said although speed was not a factor in any of the deaths on Highway 85, the strong presence of the CHP and the reduced speeds have kept the road safer.
	www.svcn.com /archives/saratoganews/12.04.96/barrier.html (663 words)

	Lugtu v. California Highway Patrol
		Thompson stated that the center median area was only for emergency vehicles; drivers on the freeway do not expect to see a routine traffic stop in the median and such stops could startle drivers, causing them to lose control of their vehicles.
		In summary, when an officer stops a motorist on the shoulder of the highway and allows the motorist to remain in or near the area, such officer is not negligent simply because there is a possibility that a drunken driver might collide with such vehicles parked on the shoulder and off the traveled lane.
		That moral blame may be greater because Hedgecock, as a CHP officer who regularly patrolled the highway in question, may be deemed to have had constructive, if not actual, knowledge of the substantial risk and potential harmful consequences of his conduct in directing the driver of the Camry to stop in the median area.
	www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/supremecourt/appeal00/d032518.html (7187 words)

	No. 01-0623
		The Estate sued the City, claiming that the City was negligent for failing to cut weeds within the guardrail of a median strip, which obstructed the visibility of motorists using the highway.
		After examining photographs of the scene, the trial court determined that the vegetation in the median was between three to four feet high at the time of the accident.
		Specifically, the Estate argued that the City was negligent for mowing all of the vegetation in the median except for the vegetation within the guardrail.
	www.wisbar.org /res/capp/2001/01-0623.htm (1882 words)

	WSDOT - Cable Median Barrier Report July 2007
		Cable median barriers have an important role to play in solving the crossover problem, however, cable median barrier systems require a median width of 24-feet or wider and are not suitable for a narrow median, where concrete barrier or other rigid barriers must be used instead.
		While median crossover collisions are still a big part of the highway safety problem, accounting for about 22 percent of the disabling injuries and fatalities on state highways, the trend is headed in the right direction.
		Some crash tests of high-tension cable median barriers have been performed on 4:1 slopes, but a comprehensive study of vehicle behavior when traversing typical depressed medians is needed to determine exactly where barriers should and should not be located.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /Projects/CableBarrier/Report2007.htm (3715 words)

	Morgan Hill Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Improving safety and preventing cross-median traffic collisions are the main goals for Caltrans' proposed project to construct a concrete median barrier near the U.S. 101 and Highway 156 interchange.
		The estimated $1.9 million concrete barrier would be located on Highway 156, beginning less than a quarter mile east of the U.S. 101 and Highway 56 interchange and ending less than a quarter mile west of Washington Street.
		Essentially, the 22-ft. wide median is too narrow for a thrie-beam and would compromise safety for both the traveling public and Caltrans maintenance personnel, according to Rosales.
	www.freelancenews.com /printer/article.asp?c=77514 (476 words)

	Court Upholds Louisiana Motorist's Liability in Work Zone Edge Drop-Off Crash
		The trial court determined that the drop-off from the shoulder to the median was approximately three to four inches.
		Hardenstein argued that DOTD was negligent in not correcting three conditions that qualified as defects and caused his crash: the lack of temporary edge striping, the drop-off between the shoulder and the median, and the lack of warning signs.
		Hardenstein was passing other vehicles at a high rate of speed in a construction area, he admitted seeing the drop-off before he attempted to pass the truck, he drove his entire vehicle onto the median without slowing, and he ignored his passenger's warnings not to try to re-enter the highway under these circumstances.
	www.usroads.com /journals/p/rilj/9807/ri980702.htm (1825 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Damage Can Be Lessened, Road Study Says
		But an environmental impact statement, which examined two routes for the highway, has found that many of these problems could be mitigated, according to a summary of the study released yesterday by the state Department of Transportation.
		To minimize damage to forests, the study suggested that the highway's median could be reduced and its shoulders shrunk.
		Responding to concerns that the highway would pollute streams, the study also found that much of the polluted runoff could be captured and treated.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A5586-2004Nov22?language=printer (632 words)

	Prescott Valley Development: PV Parkway
		Trees in the Highway right of way would be planted in a random, relaxed pattern, maintaining the small-town feel that will be characteristic of the Town Transect.
		The Highway right-of-way will be decreased, providing space for a spacious 40-foot landscaped median and on-street parking on the frontage roads.
		Drainage would be underground, allowing the Highway right-of-way to be converted into a multi-purpose trail with a landscaped buffer from the Highway.
	www.pvaz.net /Development/PVParkway/transect.htm (601 words)

	TPW - Highway Projects - Highway 125 - Balls Creek to Sydney River
		PROJECT SCOPE - This project involves twinning the section of Highway 125 from Exit 4 to the existing narrow median divided section near Coxheath, the construction of an interchange at Coxheath, and widening of the Sydney River Bridge.
		The twinning portion involves construction of new eastbound lanes on the south side of the existing lanes, from the end of the existing wide median divided highway near Exit 4 to the beginning of the existing narrow median divided highway near Coxheath.
		The lanes will be separated with a depressed median and have gentle shoulders similar to the existing twinned section of Highway 125 from Sydney Mines to Exit 4.
	www.gov.ns.ca /TRAN/highwayops/Hwy125.asp (412 words)

	I-43 fatalities defy reason
		It was a drunk driver who crossed the median on I-43 and Donges Bay Road four years ago, smashing into a car heading the opposite direction and killing two small South Milwaukee children.
		The letter was sent one day after a fatal accident claimed the life of Diane Mayes, 42, of Coleman, who was driving north on I-43 when she crossed the median near Highway C and struck a southbound vehicle.
		Ozaukee County Chief Deputy Sheriff James Knowles said the section of interstate in question is basically a straight stretch of road, free from hazards or conditions that might lead to a higher incidence of traffic crashes.
	www.gmtoday.com /news/local_stories/2006/June_06/06222006_12.asp (640 words)

	NIOSH FACE Program: Kentucky Case Report 03KY030 \| CDC/NIOSH
		At approximately 8:30 am on April 16, 2003, a 48-year-old male (decedent) highway construction laborer working in an interstate highway median, died when he was struck by an out-of-control double trailer (a semi-truck pulling two trailers).
		On April 16, 2003, a highway construction work crew was working to finish a “punch list” of final tasks to complete a highway construction job which had begun the year before.
		On the median side of the interstate, concrete barrier walls used to isolate workers in the median had been removed to “dress” the median.
	www.cdc.gov /niosh/face/stateface/ky/03ky030.html (1498 words)

	New Jersey Median Barrier History
		The New Jersey Median Barrier is the tapered concrete barrier that is used in many narrow highway medians, to prevent vehicle crossovers into oncoming traffic.
		A quote from the text, "Although it is not clear exactly when or where the first concrete median barriers were used, concrete median barriers were used in the mid-1940s on US-99 on the descent from the Tehachapi Mountains in the central valley south of Bakersfield, California.
		The state highway department observed the accident results of its barrier installations, and evolved the shape of the barrier.
	www.roadstothefuture.com /Jersey_Barrier.html (990 words)

	WPI Journal Summer 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		America's highways are the safest in the world, thanks, in large measure, to devices that protect cars and their occupants in collisions with roadside hazards.
		Some of the most successful highway crash cushions were designed by WPI Provost John Carney, whose work has earned him an international reputation in automotive safety.
		"But you have to terminate a run of median barrier at some point, and the blunt end is a severe hazard." Carney modified his wide highway cushion and produced an attenuator that uses a single line of steel cylinders of various widths.
	www.wpi.edu /News/Journal/Summer97/building.html (2372 words)

	The Seattle Times: Eastside News: Driver has some issues with Highway 18
		This is caused by the highway being reduced from two lanes to one lane.
		Any highway with no divider and cars traveling at high speeds can have bad accidents, but Highway 18 is not any more dangerous than other state roadways, said Jeff Merrill, a spokesman for State Patrol.
		The DOT considers this stretch of Highway 18 to be a "rural principal arterial" because it stretches through the Tiger Mountain State Forest.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/eastsidenews/2003445309_ontheroad24e.html (727 words)

	Residents say median isn’t answer for U.S. 70
		Opponents to the median are now directing their voices to Salisbury City Council, whom they judge as the only people who really support a median other than N.C. Transportation Board member Margaret Kluttz and the DOT itself.
		Virtually all the citizens who spoke at the 1999 public hearing also were against a median-divided highway, while DOT representatives said they were looking for a consistent design from one end of the project to the other.
		Burns added that a median might be attractive, but the majority of residents and businesses want “a functional road that is safe as well as convenient for the taxpayers most involved.
	www.salisburypost.com /2001may/052001c.htm (1642 words)

	Safety discussions don’t sway opponents of median for U.S. 70
		Safety discussions don’t sway opponents of median for U.S. Department of Transportation representatives and city staff still conclude that a median on Statesville Boulevard offers the safest design for a road expected to carry 30,000 cars a day within 20 years.
		Burgin said he hears median opponents say they want the safest U.S. 70 (Statesville Boulevard) that the DOT can give them, but that doesn’t mesh with their unanimous support of a five-lane road with a left-turn lane in the middle.
		Wallace said the median was impractical and conceived mostly as a beautification project.
	www.salisburypost.com /2001june/060601e.htm (1425 words)

	Hey, look — can that be Waipahu? - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		A $4.25 million state project in Waipahu has turned Farrington Highway's median from an unsightly brown strip into a palm-lined oasis of yellow-flowering ground cover and other greenery signifying new pride in the old community.
		It's just a tiny strip in the middle of a highway, no more than 10 or 15 feet wide in most places, but new landscaping along Farrington Highway in Waipahu is changing the way people think about the area.
		One of the ideas they came up with was landscaping the highway median, which up to then had been mostly marked by brown weeds and a chain-link fence meant to discourage pedestrians from trying a risky run across the six-lane highway to catch a bus.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Oct/12/ln/FP510120336.html (832 words)

	Guardrails slated for Route 163 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		State figures show 29 accidents along the median from November 1997 through 2003, with 23 of them involving a motorist hitting a tree.
		The landscaping through Balboa Park is considered a historic amenity, she said, and "we want the highway median to reflect this."
		The barriers, with brown wood from Douglas fir, hadn't been used on state highways in California and had to be crash-tested in Sacramento before the option was authorized for Route 163.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040809/news_1m9median.html (820 words)

	T-REX \| T-REX Library/Archives \| Media Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In addition, since poles are in the highway median, they will be 68 feet to 80 feet further away from properties adjacent to the highways.
		The $1.67 billion project, approved by voters statewide, includes highway widening, drainage, bridge and interchange improvements along 17 miles of I-25 and I-225, and a 19-mile extension of the region’s light rail transit.
		T-REX is led by the combined efforts of the Colorado Department of Transportation, the Regional Transportation District, the U.S. Department of Transportation, along with numerous counties and cities.
	www.trexproject.com /trex_channels/library/media_display.asp?prid=258 (590 words)

	State: Fallen cypress trees prolong interstate closure
		The burned trees must be removed from the median, and fences must be repaired to keep cattle off the road.
		After the fire jumped to the median, flames burned the muck soil -- a thick layer of decayed plant material -- that supported the trees, causing them to fall, Weller said.
		Pine and cypress trees on either side of the highway were browned and ash covered the ground.
	www.sptimes.com /News/022601/news_pf/State/Fallen_cypress_trees_.shtml (498 words)

	wsbradio.com: News Highway 78 Median Project
		Since the median project was announced five years ago, Pope says the department has spent the past two-and-a-half years buying up rights of way on some 300 parcels along the roadway.
		After the first public meeting in 2001, business owners came to together to form the Highway 78 Community Improvement District to make sure the roadway didn't turn into another Memorial Drive where business all but dried up once a similar median was installed there.
		Once completed, besides the median, motorists will notice landscape inside parts of the median and as well as along the seven mile stretch of the road.
	wsbradio.com /news/081606_hwy_78_series.html (369 words)

	Jersey barrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was originally developed at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. to divide multiple lanes on a highway by the state of New Jersey in the United States.
		Their widespread use on the highway has led to many other uses as a general barrier (for instance, during general construction projects or constructing temporary walkways).
		The design of the Jersey barrier was specifically intended to minimize damage and reduce the likelihood of a car crossing into oncoming lanes in the event of a collision.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Median_barrier (660 words)

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