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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-17-084    Date:  February 2018
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-084
Date: February 2018

 

Safety Evaluation of Corner Clearance at Signalized Intersections

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety Research and Development under Contract DTFH61-13-D-00001. The FHWA Program and Task Manager for this project was Roya Amjadi.

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