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Faculty Advisor |
Priscilla Sawyer |
Nicolas Lownes Sponsor Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) |
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Intersection Improvements at Route 6 and Route 61
In recent years the intersection of Route 6 and Route 61 in Woodbury, CT has become a dangerous intersection. This is part due to poor sight distances that prevent safe turning maneuvers, a higher speed limit causing vehicles to speed and the intersection being on the bend of a curve have caused numerous side angle crashes in the intersection in its current configuration. For the redesign of this intersection, our sponsor the Connecticut Department of Transportation tasked our group with coming up with one main solution as well as an alternative solution for this. The preliminary design is a single lane roundabout to significantly reduce the number of angled crashes and splitter islands with calming effects to slow the already speeding vehicles. Our alternative design is a signalized intersection to provide safe turning movements for vehicles turning onto the high speed road.