9.3.1 Highways

Highways provide primary high-speed traffic access to, around, and/or through a military installation.  There are currently no roads on Fort Carson that are classified as highways.  For reference, the design of a highway includes:

• Continuous, relatively straight or large radii curvilinear alignments that carry high-speed through-traffic movement between major activity centers within a region.

• A minimum of two lanes on each direction typically divided by a median or median divider.

• Alignments that border lane use areas rather than bisect them, and green space buffers between the road and adjacent uses.

• Controlled access onto the road.

• Either grade-separated or at grade channelized intersections with traffic signal controls.

• Shoulders for emergency stopping, but strict prohibition of on-street parking.

Street signing, lighting, and planting that reflect the high-speed nature of traffic movement.

Roadway Hierarchy