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Started by roadman65, October 03, 2013, 08:59:18 AM

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My description wasn't entirely descriptive.  I don't mean a dead end with an informal ramp.  I'm referring to an intersection in which traffic on one road has no legal public way to go other than back.  I've seen them at right angles, converging L intersections.  That's inconvenient, but it's much easier to notice the direction restriction.  The one I found today is worse.  It's not really an intersection, but a transition from ramp to frontage road.  If it were all one-way it would be perfectly normal, but with two-way traffic it's much too easy to follow the natural movement along the slight angle into opposing traffic.  They could pave another 50 feet or so of frontage road, with a normal yield where the ramp comes in, and then put in a regular dead end, and add a sign at the last intersection.  Or tear out the ramp, tolerate an informal ramp, and use the next exit to the east as the proper route.  There's almost nothing there, anyway.
I'd like to buy a vowel, Alex.  What is E?

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Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on June 03, 2026, 03:34:50 PMInterim build- two lanes (one lane in each direction) separated by a 68' grassy median.

I don't recall ever driving on a highway/freeway/tollway with one lane in each direction separated by a median.

IIIRC, CA120 from Manteca to I5 was one lane each way with a median before it's current configuration was built.
CA-132 in Modesto was recently built like this as well. 2 lane freeway with a large median on a 4 lane right of way.

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