11-05 Valley Forge Rd Country Club Rd-Ferry Ln File 0252.pdf
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This document is a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Traffic Signal System Permit for an intersection improvement project in Schuylkill Township, Chester County. The permit (System Permit #I-0155) details the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Valley Forge Road (SR 0023) and Ferry Lane/Country Club Road (SR 1005). The plans include detailed specifications for signal placement, detection zones, signal indications, movement and timing diagrams, and emergency pre-emption phasing. The design includes video and radar detection systems, pedestrian signals, and specific signage for the intersection.
The project includes comprehensive technical specifications for signal timing, including a 40-foot detection zone, coordinated signal operations between adjacent intersections, and emergency vehicle pre-emption capabilities. Special considerations include mounting heights for signals (minimum 8 feet above sidewalk), signal head configurations, and specific positioning requirements. The design incorporates advanced features like dilemma zone detection with speed boundaries ranging from 27-100 MPH and detection ranges up to 450 feet from the stop bar. The permit was reviewed and recommended by Laurie A. Getz on 01/20/2023, with the plans developed by AECOM and prepared for PennDOT Engineering District 6-0.
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FILE #PERMIT #
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING DISTRICT 6-0
COUNTY:
MUNICIPALITY:
INTERSECTION:
RECOMMENDED:
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL
REVIEWED:
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DISTRICT TRAFFIC ENGINEER
CHESTER
SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP
SHEET OF
GENERAL NOTES
SYSTEM PERMIT #I-0155
TRAFFIC SIGNAL STANDARDS TC-8800 SERIES.
OF JACKED UNDER THE ROADWAY. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH
OLD, OR CONCRETE ROADWAY REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST BE BORED
CONDUIT INSTALLED IN BITUMINOUS ROADWAY LESS THAN 5 YEARS
CHANGES IN INTERSECTION GEOMETRY REGARDING EXCAVATION.
PERMITTE SHALL OBTAIN A HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR ANY
UNIT FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO BIDDING.
SPECIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC
CONFORM TO FORM 408 AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED
WHEN LIQUID FUELS MONEY IS USED, SIGNAL INSTALLAION MUST
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, DATED DECEMBER 10, 1974.
LATESE AMENDMENT TO ACT 287, PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO
UNLESS THE PERMITTEE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
THIS DRAWING CANNOT BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING
UTILITIES.
PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF
LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO RESOLVE ANY
PRIOR TO INSTALLATION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH
FORM 408.
INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICATIONS
SHALL BE PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE CURB OR GRANITE CURB,
CURBING TO BE INSTALLED BY MUNICIPALITY AND WHERE NOTED,
INSTALLATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNDOT.
EXACT LOCATION OF DETECTORS SHALL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO
AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE APPROACH SHALL BE 8 FEET.
THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SIGNALS MEASURED
BOTTOM, AND EQUIPPED WITH BACKPLATES.
ALL OVERHEAD SIGNALS MUST BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED, TOP AND
SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT.
MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET ABOVE THE
VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF 16 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. POST
SIGNALS ERECTED OVER THE ROADWAY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM
FEET.
SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE HORIZONTALLY OF 2
EDGE OF SHOULDER. SUPPORT POLES FOR OVERHEAD SIGNALS
HEADS A MINIMUM OF 2 FEET BEHIND THE FACE OF CURB OR THE
POST MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE SIGNAL
AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLICATION NO. 212.
ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PERMIT AND SHALL BE INSTALLED
ALL SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS INDICATED ON THIS DRAWING
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMITTEE.
NECESSARY FOR PROPER VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNALS IS THE
ALL MAINTENANCE WORK INCLUDING TRIMMING OF TREES,
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
PRIOR APPROVAL IS GRANTED IN WRITING BY A REPRESENTATIVE
NO MODIFICATIONS OF THIS INSTALLATION ARE PERMITTED UNLESS
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TIMES. OFFSET 1 REFERENCED TO PHASE 2+6 START OF
SEE SYSTEM PLAN I-0053 FOR SIGNAL SYSTEM PROGRAM
MEANS OF FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATION.
PAWLINGS ROAD TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD/FERRY LANE BY
SIGNALS ON VALLEY FORGE ROAD (SR 0023) FROM
THIS SIGNAL IS TO BE COORDINATED WITH ADJACENT
INTERSECTION.
MASTER CONTROLLER TO BE LOCATED AT THIS
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SPEED BOUNDARY: MIN 27 MPH - MAX 100 MPH
RANGE OF DETECTION: MIN 0 - MAX 450 FROM STOP BAR
ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL: MIN 2.5 - MAX 5.5 SEC
MINUMUM SPEED BOUNDARY: MIN 5 MPH - MAX 30 MPH
RANGE OF DETECTION: 0-100 FEET FROM STOP BAR
DENSITY ZONE NOTES:
LOCATED 330' FROM STOP BAR
SEC/ACT RADAR DETECTION
STOP BAR
DECTECTION 450' FROM
LIMIT OF DILEMMA ZONE
LOCATED 330' FROM STOP BAR
SEC/ACT RADAR DETECTION
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VIDEO DETECTION ZONE
RADAR DETECTOR
RADAR DETECTION ZONE
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PAVEMENT MARKING,
PHASE NUMBER
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NO. REVISION
FILE #PERMIT #
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING DISTRICT 6-0
COUNTY:
MUNICIPALITY:
INTERSECTION:
RECOMMENDED:
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL
REVIEWED:
DATE
DATE
DATE
DATE
DISTRICT TRAFFIC ENGINEER
CHESTER
SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP
SHEET OF
GENERAL NOTES
SYSTEM PERMIT #I-0155
TRAFFIC SIGNAL STANDARDS TC-8800 SERIES.
OF JACKED UNDER THE ROADWAY. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH
OLD, OR CONCRETE ROADWAY REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST BE BORED
CONDUIT INSTALLED IN BITUMINOUS ROADWAY LESS THAN 5 YEARS
CHANGES IN INTERSECTION GEOMETRY REGARDING EXCAVATION.
PERMITTE SHALL OBTAIN A HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR ANY
UNIT FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO BIDDING.
SPECIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC
CONFORM TO FORM 408 AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED
WHEN LIQUID FUELS MONEY IS USED, SIGNAL INSTALLAION MUST
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, DATED DECEMBER 10, 1974.
LATESE AMENDMENT TO ACT 287, PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO
UNLESS THE PERMITTEE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
THIS DRAWING CANNOT BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING
UTILITIES.
PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF
LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO RESOLVE ANY
PRIOR TO INSTALLATION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH
FORM 408.
INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICATIONS
SHALL BE PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE CURB OR GRANITE CURB,
CURBING TO BE INSTALLED BY MUNICIPALITY AND WHERE NOTED,
INSTALLATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNDOT.
EXACT LOCATION OF DETECTORS SHALL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO
AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE APPROACH SHALL BE 8 FEET.
THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SIGNALS MEASURED
BOTTOM, AND EQUIPPED WITH BACKPLATES.
ALL OVERHEAD SIGNALS MUST BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED, TOP AND
SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT.
MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET ABOVE THE
VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF 16 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. POST
SIGNALS ERECTED OVER THE ROADWAY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM
FEET.
SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE HORIZONTALLY OF 2
EDGE OF SHOULDER. SUPPORT POLES FOR OVERHEAD SIGNALS
HEADS A MINIMUM OF 2 FEET BEHIND THE FACE OF CURB OR THE
POST MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE SIGNAL
AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLICATION NO. 212.
ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PERMIT AND SHALL BE INSTALLED
ALL SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS INDICATED ON THIS DRAWING
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMITTEE.
NECESSARY FOR PROPER VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNALS IS THE
ALL MAINTENANCE WORK INCLUDING TRIMMING OF TREES,
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
PRIOR APPROVAL IS GRANTED IN WRITING BY A REPRESENTATIVE
NO MODIFICATIONS OF THIS INSTALLATION ARE PERMITTED UNLESS
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GREEN BACKGROUND
WHITE LEGEND ON
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EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION NOTES:EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION PHASING
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LOCATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE DETECTORS ARE TO BE FIELD ADJUSTED TO ACHIEVE
APPROPRIATE APPROACH.
FLASH WHEN THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE HAS CONTROL OF THE INTERSECTION FOR THE
THIS EMERGENCY BEACON SHALL CONSIST OF A FLASHING WHITE FLOOD LIGHT, AND SHALL
DEVICE FOR EACH DIRECTION OF OPERATION.
EASTBOUND & WESTBOUND APPROACHES OF VALLEY FORGE ROAD (SR 0023) WITH A FAIL SAFE
SOUTHBOUND APPROACHES OF FERRY LANE/COUNTRY CLUB ROAD (SR 1005) AND THE
CONTROLLER TO BE EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION FOR THE NORTHBOUND &
FOLLOW.
INTERVALS, ACCORDINGLY. THEN THE GREEN INTERVAL FOR THE PRE-EMPTED PHASE SHALL
INDICATIONS IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWED BY THE COMPLETE YELLOW AND RED CLEARANCE
THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SHALL TERMINATE ALL GREEN
FOLLOWED BY THE APPROPRIATE CLEARANCES, BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION.
FOLLOWED BY THE PED "CLEAR (HAND)" INTERVAL. THIS INTERVAL SHALL TIME OUT,
"CLEAR (HAND)". THE PED "WALK (MAN)" INTERVAL SHALL TERMINATE IMMEDIATELY,
PRE-EMPTED, THE PEDESTRIAN TIME SHALL BE SPLIT BETWEEN PED "WALK (MAN)" AND PED
IF SIGNALS HAVE BEEN ACTUATED BY PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTON AND THE SIGNAL IS
SHALL REMAIN FLASHING.
IF THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE ARE FLASHING, ALL SIGNALS
PRE-EMPTION PHASE SHALL TIME OUT BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT PRE-EMPTION PHASE.
IF ADDITIONAL PRE-EMPTION PHASES ARE ACTIVATED WHILE IN PRE-EMPTION, THE ORIGINAL
OPERATION, PHASE 2+6 INTERVAL 1 SHALL FOLLOW.
UPON COMPLETION OF PRE-EMPTION PHASE 2, 4, 6, OR 8 IN RETURNING TO NORMAL
A "FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE" OPERATION.
IN EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION, NO PRIORITY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. PRE-EMPTION SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
RED INDICATIONS, FOLLOWED BY THE GREEN INTERVAL OF THE PRE-EMPTION PHASE
THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLE SHALL TIME OUT ALL YELLOW AND
SIGNALS
INTERVAL
Valley Forge Rd
PRE-EMPTION.
TO GIVE UNCODED EMITTERS THE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY
IDENTIFICATION, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE ZERO "00" FEATURE ON,
NOTE: IF PRE-EMPTION EQUIPMENT HAS ENCODING CAPABILITIES FOR VEHICLE
3 3 62-0252
Country Club Rd
Ferry Ln
VALLEY FORGE RD (SR 2023) &
FERRY LN/COUNTRY CLUB RD (SR 1005)
Country Club Rd
Ferry Ln
Laurie A. Getz 01/20/2023 mawolfgang Text Box 11/10/10 mawolfgang Text Box Mark Kray 12/2/91 mawolfgang Text Box Douglas May 12/5/91 mawolfgang Text Box AS-BUILT SR 0023 Sec CL2 mawolfgang Text Box
KMJ
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PML
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VIDEO DETECTION, RADAR
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AECOM
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