10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Maine - 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Where are the most dangerous intersections in Maine? While areas in Portland and Augusta had multiple stretches of road topping the lists, other areas in Bangor, Bridgton, Lewiston, and Westbrook made the list.
Duane Burnell with the Maine Department of Transportation assessed the situations facing the various intersections in the state -- and how they're assessed.
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Burnell continued, "I think we're always looking for infrastructure improvements. Can you make signals more visible? Can paint and pavement marking help? You see retro-reflective signing so you just can't miss. There's all sorts of things. In Maine, we have an older population, they especially need the guidance.
You're always trying prioritize -- those that are hurting people the most rise to the top -- those serious injury crashes are the top priority, those are high on the radar, to bring the most attention to fixing."
See what Maine's Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections are, based on GoLocal's proprietary ranking formula in the slide below. (For more on GoLocal's methodology, click here.)
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Using the most recent available data, GoLocalProv has compiled a list of the Most Dangerous Intersections in New England.
See the methodology here
Since different states chose different time spans in which to accumulate their data (3-10 years), GoLocal standardized the tallies to a 3-year sum.
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