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Portsmouth Kittery Transportation Management Plan 2019 Transportation Management Plan I-95 PORTSMOUTH-KITTERY PISCATAQUA RIVER BRIDGE MAINEDOT WIN 19270.00 | NHDOT PORTSMOUTH 16189 4/5/2019 TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN WIN 19270.00 I-95 Portsmouth-Kittery Piscataqua River Bridge Contents List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Project Background Information ................................................................................................................... 5 Project Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Affected Roadways ................................................................................................................................... 5 Project Site Map ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Regional Projects ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Project Schedule........................................................................................................................................ 7 TMP Background and Development ............................................................................................................. 7 TMP Development .................................................................................................................................... 8 TMP Approval Process .............................................................................................................................. 8 TMP Roles and Responsibilities .................................................................................................................... 9 TMP Implementation and Observation Task Leaders ............................................................................... 9 Emergency Contacts – Incident Management ........................................................................................ 10 Lane Alteration Contacts ......................................................................................................................... 10 Existing and Future Conditions ................................................................................................................... 11 Existing and Future Roadway Characteristics ......................................................................................... 11 Existing Traffic Data ................................................................................................................................. 11 Work Zone Traffic Volumes ..................................................................................................................... 15 Work Zone Impacts Assessment ................................................................................................................. 15 Transportation Management Plan Strategies ............................................................................................. 16 Traffic Control Plans (TCP) .......................................................................................................................... 16 General Traffic Control Scheme .............................................................................................................. 16 Traffic Control Plans ................................................................................................................................ 16 Traffic Control Specifications .................................................................................................................. 18 Transportation Operations Strategies (TO) ................................................................................................ 21 Corridor/Network Management Strategies ............................................................................................ 22 Real Time Traffic Management/Smart Work Zone ............................................................................. 22 Kittery Area.......................................................................................................................................... 22 1 | P a g e TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN WIN 19270.00 I-95 Portsmouth-Kittery Piscataqua River Bridge Portsmouth Area ................................................................................................................................. 22 Traffic Signal Adjustments ................................................................................................................... 22 Work Zone Safety Management Strategies ............................................................................................ 23 Traffic / Incident Management and Enforcement Strategies ................................................................. 24 Public Outreach Strategies (PO) .................................................................................................................. 25 Public Awareness .................................................................................................................................... 26 Motorist Information .............................................................................................................................. 27 Traffic Control Monitoring .......................................................................................................................... 28 Implementation Costs ................................................................................................................................. 29 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................... 30 Traffic Control Plans (TCP) .......................................................................................................................... 31 Traffic Control Specifications ...................................................................................................................... 32 2 | P a g e TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN WIN 19270.00 I-95 Portsmouth-Kittery Piscataqua River Bridge List of Acronyms AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AADT Average Annual Daily Traffic CA Contract Administrator CCS Corridor Construction Supervisor CCTV Closed Circuit Television CMS Changeable Message Sign DCE District Construction Engineer DMS Dynamic Message Sign EB Eastbound EOC Emergency Operations Center FEMS Fire and Emergency Medical Services FHWA Federal Highway Administration HAR Highway Advisory Radio HMA Hot-Mix Asphalt IM Incident Management ITS Intelligent Transportation System IWZ Intelligent Work Zones LOS Level of Service MaineDOT Maine Department of Transportation MOE Measure of Effectiveness MOT Maintenance of Traffic MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices MTA Maine Turnpike Authority MTA TMCC MTA Traffic Management and Communications Center NB Northbound NHDOT New Hampshire Department of Transportation PCMS Portable Changeable Message Sign PD Police Department PHV Peak Hourly Volume PI&O Public Information and Outreach Plan POC Public Outreach Campaign PTSU Part-Time Shoulder Use SB Southbound SWZ Smart Work Zone TCC Traffic Control Committee TCP Traffic Control Plan TDM Traffic Demand Management TMC Transportation Management Center TMP Transportation Management Plan TO Transportation Operations TYLI T.Y. Lin International V/C Volume to Capacity Ratio VPD Vehicle per Day WB Westbound WIM Weigh-In-Motion 3 | P a g e TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN WIN 19270.00 I-95 Portsmouth-Kittery Piscataqua River Bridge Executive Summary The I-95 Portsmouth-Kittery Piscataqua River Bridge project will conduct critical maintenance on this large and important bridge and prepare the bridge and approaches for future part-time shoulder use for improved traffic capacity. The corridor carries more than 40,000 vehicles per day in each direction, and a much higher number during the summer weekends. The existing I-95 corridor is above capacity and construction of this project, while important, will cause additional traffic disruption. The goal of this Transportation Management Plan (TMP) is to evaluate the existing site conditions and provide mitigation strategies to accomplish this critical project with a minimum of safety, access, and mobility disruption. This project entails comprehensive repairs to the existing bridge deck, replacement of the wearing surface, replacement of all bridge rails with safer concrete barriers, replacement of the lighting system, and numerous other improvements. It also includes widening of the Maine approach up to Exit 3 northbound and up to Exit 2 southbound. This approach work will prepare the roadway for implementation of part-time shoulder use (allowing traffic to travel on the shoulder as a fourth lane) from Exit 7 in New Hampshire to Exit 3 northbound and Exit 2 southbound in Maine. A future project will add the ITS and remaining elements necessary to operate the Part-Time Use Shoulder. Traffic
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