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Shorter Duration, Safer Work Zones, More Satisfied Travelers: Successful Applications of Full Road Closure in Work Zones

Abstract:

This brochure provides a summary of how departments of transportation in Oregon, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Delaware used full closure to perform road rehabilitation/reconstruction and the benefits they experienced. This approach entails closing one or both directions of a road, and detouring traffic, for the purpose of performing roadwork.

Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date: October 9, 2003
Full Text URL: Link to URL
Notes:

The PDF version of the brochure is available at https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/docs/Full%20Closure_BRO-final.pdf.

Publication Types: Brochures and Fact Sheets
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