Kelly Dr. & Park Dr. / Kelly Dr. & Hillside Dr.

Carlsbad, CA

  • Roundabout design plan showing intersection of Park Drive and Kelly Drive.

    BACKGROUND

    Working with partner firm GHD, MTJ developed concept horizontal geometric mini-roundabout designs for the two intersections of Kelly Dr./Park Dr. and Kelly Dr./Hillside Dr. These designs were key components of the Complete Streets redesign of Kelly Drive.

  • Roundabout blueprint design showing intersection of Hillside Drive and Kelly Drive with road markings and annotations. Includes traffic flow indicators and infrastructure layout. MTJ Roundabout Engineering logo present.

    SUMMARY

    Our horizontal geometric designs for these intersections are predicated on traffic engineering, roundabout design principles and project objectives, to include:

    Adherence to speed control safety criteria

    Optimal roundabout safety for all modes

    Large truck/bus movements design vehicle

    Minimize adverse ROW/environmental impacts

    Match proposed new cross sections

    Two roundabouts were developed to accommodate the new Complete Streets cross sections. There is only a slight variation between them on the north leg – all other geometrics remain the same.

    Roundabout Key Dimensions: Park Dr.

    78’ ICD, Full Mountable Central Island

    16’ circulating width (lip to lip)

    11’ entry widths (lip to lip), 14’ (face to face)

    Roundabout Key Dimensions: Hillside Dr.

    85’ ICD, Full Mountable Central Island

    16’ circulating width (lip to lip)

    11’ entry widths (lip to lip), 14’ (face to face)

Highlights

  • Highly constrained urban context

  • Complete Streets/multi-modal

  • Avoids adverse ROW impacts

  • Maximizes ped/bike comfort/safety

  • Mini-roundabout applications

  • Large truck/emergency response vehicle accommodation

  • Accommodates on-street parking

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