NASHVILLE, Ind. – Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) contractor Ragle, Inc. is finishing up work at the intersection of State Road 135 and Main Street to complete an intersection modernization and improvement project in Nashville.
The current traditional intersection will become an exclusive pedestrian phase intersection, a type of traffic signal movement that temporarily stops all vehicular traffic, allowing all pedestrians to cross in any direction.
Intersections like this are installed so that people crossing the street can do so without any vehicle movement.
Recent studies show pedestrian/vehicular crashes have decreased where exclusive pedestrian phase intersections were installed. They eliminate potential conflicts between pedestrians and cars and enhance safety and mobility through the intersection.
INDOT says the exclusive Brown County pedestrian phase intersection is expected to begin operating in late August, weather permitting.
