Are there any rest areas in the medians of divided highways?
Yes. These were built to save on construction and mantenance costs, as in this configuration only one set of buildings is required for both directions of the highway. The building of these has been discouraged more recently since direct access to them requires left exits and entrances, with access to/from the right requiring over- or underpasses. A sampling of instances of these may be found at http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/browse_frm/thread/3feba78cb53109ab . Aug 26, 2004 12.16 Q: Which routes have direction indication changes? A: The following Interstate and US routes are signposted with directional plaques consistent with their parity (even-numbered routes signed E-W and odd ones signed N-S) in some places and not consistent (evens signed N-S and odds signed E-W) in other places, the exceptions listed, or for 3-digit routes, simply have different sets of directions in different places: I-69 (E-W east of I-96) I-76 (N-S NE) I-196 (E-W east of US 31) US-1 (E-W var
Yes. These were built to save on construction and mantenance costs, as in this configuration only one set of buildings is required for both directions of the highway. The building of these has been discouraged more recently since direct access to them requires left exits and entrances, with access to/from the right requiring over- or underpasses. A sampling of instances of these may be found at http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/browse_frm/thread/3feba78cb53109ab .. Aug 26, 2004 12.
