[RP TownTalk] 410 pedestrian crosswalk, median near Beale Circle

[Dwight Holmes]

Fred, others can speak with actual authority but I will share what I have
learned about the Beale Circle/410 situation.  Apparently the cut in the
median was made for emergency vehicles.  As you say, though, others are
making use of it which is extremely dangerous.  I wrote the State Highway
Admin about it and got a prompt reply that they will check it out. That's
been a couple of weeks now.  I believe that our town officials have also
asked for a fix to the problem as well.


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Fred Holcomb <fred.j.holcomb at gmail.com>wrote:

> Since we're discussing road issues around town, I thought I throw in a few
> of my own.
>
> Is the crosswalk across 410 east of Kenilworth Ave. under Riverdale Park
> jurisdiction?  (Sorry if that's a dumb question -- I'm fairly new around
> here.) If so, I'm wondering if there's ever been any enforcement there. God
> forbid anyone try to actually use it. Traffic on 410 will absolutely not
> stop for pedestrians there.  I once slowed to allow a pedestrian to cross
> and was almost rear-ended immediately.  The cars in the other lanes didn't
> slow at all.  To avoid causing an accident, I sheepishly continued through
> the crosswalk.  The pedestrian smartly remained safely waiting on the
> median.
>
> Also, there is a cut in the median in 410 near Beale Circle.  Does anyone
> know the purpose of this?  I see many folks using it to turn left onto
> Beale Circle from the westbound lanes of 410.  For a while in the recent
> past, there were cones on the median blocking these left turns, but those
> have since disappeared.  At the end of the day, are these left turns legal?
>
> Best,
> Fred
>
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