NHDOT Project to Offer Added Safety to Route 111

In an effort to create a safer ride for motorists traveling on Route 111, a project spanning from Hudson to Hampstead will see lengthy stretches of rumble strips/stripes installed.

The project will use part of the $500,000 set aside from the money granted to the state through the Highway Safety Improvement Program. The goal is to begin construction later this summer.

According to a presentation delivered last week on the project at Windham High School, the $500,000 is mostly to replace existing locations impacted by paving projects.

The grooved pavement will be installed starting at Kimball Hill Road in Hudson and stretching to Mill Road in Kingston. 

In Windham, the plan is to install the strips up until Wall Street. For the time being, the stretch in the vicinity of Interstate 93 and the widening projects will be omitted. The strips will then span from the Route 28 intersection through to Kingston.

Costs are expected to be $2,000 per mile for centerline strip installation and $1,300 per mile for shoulder strip installation.

The presentation delivered last week also details non-intersection related accidents on Route 111 since 2002.

A total of 794 have taken place, 153 of which involved cars running off the road and striking various types of objects. Five of those reported accidents resulted in deaths.

According to the report, rumble strips and stripes are one of nine Federal Highway Administration safety countermeasures to address crashes that occur in the focus area of pedestrians, intersections and roadway departure.

The goal is to alert fatigued, impaired or inattentive drivers before they run off the road.

To see the complete presentation from last week, visit here.