Harford Road Ramp Reconfiguration Aims To Reduce Accidents
The State Highway Administration project is currently funded through the design and engineering phase.
A ramp reconfiguration project along the inner loop of the Beltway at Harford Road is taking aim at reducing traffic accidents that the State Highway Administration says are mostly due to high- and low-speed traffic interacting in a weave lane. "This is a project that people have probably seen similar-type projects around the Baltimore Beltway, around the Capital Beltway. [The Harford Road interchange] is an older-style cloverleaf interchange," said David Buck, a spokesman for the State Highway Administration. "When you have a cloverleaf, you have the kind of issues we have … high-speed getting off the Beltway, low-speed traffic trying to get on. That’s not a good mix." "You get a fair amount of side swipe or rear end accidents, because …
gorwr12
3:48 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
I think this is such a stupid idea. I cannot see how this is going to reduce congestion. They added the light from WB695 to NB Harford Road (blinks off hours, operational during rush hour). Now the long line that is there during rush hour will be looped around to the other side. I agree with earlier post, the ramp from White Marsh blvd causes these accidents. more ›