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Safety Evaluation of Joint and Conventional Lane Merge Configurations for Freeway Work Zones

Sherif Ishak Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Yan Qi Institute for Multimodal Transportation, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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Pradeep Rayaprolu Charles A. Manganaro Consulting Engineers, P.C., Hackensack, New Jersey
Pages 199-208 | Received 13 Sep 2011, Accepted 23 Nov 2011, Published online: 29 Mar 2012

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