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Problem Identification For Highway Safety Plan, Jerry G. Pigman, Kenneth R. Agent
Problem Identification For Highway Safety Plan, Jerry G. Pigman, Kenneth R. Agent
Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report
An annual highway safety program is proposed each year for the State of Kentucky in order to comply with Section 402, Title 23 of the United States Code. This program includes the identification, programming, budgeting, and evaluation of safety projects. This report is the sixth in a series of annual reports which have been prepared as the problem identification portion of Kentucky's Annual Highway Safety Plan.
In the past, the approach to problem identification has been to identify problem areas in the 18 highway safety program areas (standards). While the search for problems in each of these standard areas will …
Evaluation Of Truck Escape Ramps, Jerry G. Pigman, Kenneth R. Agent
Evaluation Of Truck Escape Ramps, Jerry G. Pigman, Kenneth R. Agent
Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report
Out-of-control vehicles on steep grades have the potential for and frequently do result in severe accidents. There are two truck escape ramps in Kentucky, and both were constructed as a result of severe accidents and the potential for additional accidents.
One escape ramp is on the Hyden Spur (KY 118) in Leslie County. Because of geometric conditions of the highway and topographic constraints, an arrester-type escape ramp was designed with pea gravel as the arrester material. The beginning of the ramp is a 386-foot paved section on an 8-percent downgrade; followed by a gravel bed 520 feet long on a …