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Spatial Database For Intersections, Eric R. Green, Christopher L. Blackden, Michael A. Fields
Spatial Database For Intersections, Eric R. Green, Christopher L. Blackden, Michael A. Fields
Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report
Deciding which intersections in the state of Kentucky warrant safety improvements requires a comprehensive inventory with information on every intersection in the public roadway network. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) had previously catalogued only those intersections where state-maintained roadways met. However, this inventory did not account for intersections between state- and locally-maintained routes, nor was it designed to accommodate regular updates. As such, the Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) at the University of Kentucky developed a methodology to create and maintain a full inventory of every intersection in the state. The database contains precise location information as well as several safety …