A A A A Search :
Toledo Talk   (musing about Lake Erie West and beyond)
Overland Pkwy Roundabout
From jr's workspace   

My favorite Toledo street sign

You'll see this sign when driving south on Tremainsville as you approach the intersection of Tremainsville, Sylvania, and Jackman.

This sign could also describe the scrambled-brain thinking of most Toledo public officials.

Tremainsville is a troublemaker. Another nearby screwball intersection involves Tremainsville, Douglas, and Laskey.

Both intersections may be candidates for roundabouts as part of Toledo's future transportation plans.

Overland Pkwy Roundabout

A few months ago, I discovered a small roundabout in a neighborhood not far from these intersections. Here's a zoomed-in map of the West Toledo roundabout. It's located along Overland Pkwy bordered by Laskey and Sylvania on the north and south and Jackman and Lewis on the west and east. The bullseye roundabout is located in the middle of the square formed by those major roadways.

Three roads meet at the intersection with the Overland Pkway roundabout. Naturally, no stop signs exist at the roundabout. Traffic flows counterclockwise. Slick. I've only been through it a few times, and because it's in a neighborhood, I've not had any other traffic to deal with. It's also only one lane. The big ones at major intersections would, of course, contain multiple lanes.

The close-up view of the Overland Pkwy roundabout:

created by jr on Jun 08, 2007 at 07:52:52 am
updated by jr on Jun 30, 2008 at 04:32:18 pm
    Comments: 2

print      source      versions

tags: blog_jr   

Comments ... #

Current traffic patterns include the illegal left turns from Overland to Sabra

posted by nmorbushomg on Aug 16, 2007 at 02:00:09 pm     #



The County Engineer was looking at doing some roundabouts in some communities in the county. US roundabouts (like at Harvard) follow different rules than English roundabouts - which give full right-of-way to those within the circle while those waiting to enter must yield.

I wonder if Keith Early's actually got any in the planning stages for construction?

posted by MaggieThurber on Aug 16, 2007 at 02:50:31 pm     #