Safer Intersections Turning Up in Wisconsin

J-turn intersections are starting to work their way into Wisconsin, usually where a fairly busy state or county road meets a 65 mph four-lane highway. You can find them near Superior (US 53 and County Highway B) and Green Bay (State Highway 29 and County Highway VV, which was designed by Ayres).

Several more are planned by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation over the next few years. The J-turn reduces the likelihood of T-bone crashes occurring by not allowing vehicles to go straight across or turn left from the side road. Drivers must turn right onto the four-lane highway and then do a U-turn down the road to come back to the intersection to complete the movement they want to make.

It’s all explained in detail in a video that Ayres Associates helped the Wisconsin DOT produce.