Final plan to make deadly Bethesda intersection safer revealed
BETHESDA, Md. — The final plan to make a deadly intersection in Bethesda safer is about to get underway.
On Thursday, residents heard from the state and saw renderings of the improvements coming to River Road and Braeburn Parkway.
The two changes include concrete dividers, which will only allow drivers to turn off River Road onto Braeburn Parkway, and a pedestrian traffic light, which will stop traffic for people trying to cross at Pyle Road just south of Braeburn Parkway.
“We’re trying to accommodate all highway users in a safe and sensible solution,” said Charlie Gischlar, a spokesman with the Maryland State Highway Administration.
The concrete dividers will replace the flexible poles that were installed at the intersection after a deadly crash in February 2016 that killed Michael Buarque De Macedo, his wife Alessandra and his son Thomas, who was a senior at Walt Whitman High School.
Helena Buarque De Macedo was also seriously injured in the crash.
Flashing yellow lights that warn drivers on River Road of a turning car at the intersection were installed in 2017.
Gischlar said that the improvements have helped make the intersection safer.
“That’s been working,” Gischlar said.
Gischlar said the state plans to begin work on the permanent fixes this summer with completion set for summer 2019.
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