1. Report No.

FHWA-SA-15-084

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety 2016

5. Report Date

January 2016

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Authors

Richard Albin, Victoria Brinkly, Joseph Cheung, Frank Julian, Cathy Satterfield, William Stein, Eric Donnell, Hugh McGee, Ann Holzem, Matthew Albee, Jonathan Wood, Fred Hanscom

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Pennsylvania State University
201 Transportation Research Building
University Park, PA 16802

10. Work Unit No.

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-12-C-00032

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Final Report, April 2014 – January 2016

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

FHWA

15. Supplementary Notes:

The contract manager for this report was Joseph Cheung.

16. Abstract

FHWA created the Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety in 2006 (McGee and Hanscom, 2006). There have been many advances in highway safety since that initial 2006 guide. The purpose of this publication is to serve as an update to the 2006 Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety. The primary audience for this publication is local transportation agencies. This publication provides information specifically relating to lower volume two-lane roads and the agencies that manage them. It will help transportation agencies and their construction crews understand the available countermeasures and how to select and apply them.

17. Key Words

horizontal curves, systemic approach, low-cost countermeasures, two-lane roads

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions.

19. Security Classif. (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classif. (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No. of Pages:

94

22. Price