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Diverging diamonds and roundabouts have become two of the best ways to move travelers as safely and efficiently as possible. With more of these designs being incorporated into Missouri’s infrastructure, MoDOT's Kansas City team has built a few innovative interchanges that combine the two designs. They're called divergabouts.
This combined road design allows drivers to enter and exit the highway safely and efficiently without the need for traffic stops, which also helps relieve congestion and reduces the cost and effort of maintaining traffic stops, saving taxpayer money.
Two of these divergabouts have been built in the Kansas City area over the past few years to replace aging bridges and have been successful in streamlining traffic congestion and reducing accidents.
The innovation was highlighted in this month's Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO) Success Story video. In the video, Traffic Management & Operations Engineer Ryan Hale and District Engineer Chris Redline explain how the Kansas City District is using the divergabout innovation to benefit travelers in the area while saving taxpayer dollars. Learn more about how this transportation innovation is saving MoDOT money, as well as time for the department and the travelling public.
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