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Indiana 49 and Vale Park Road: Gary’s Worst Intersection

What is the most dangerous intersection in Gary, Indiana? Indiana Police and traffic safety experts agree: it is the intersection of Indiana Highway 49 and Vale Park Road. The last three years have seen three fatal accidents – all involving similar circumstances. In two instances, cars crossing on Vale Park Road have been t-boned by tractor-trailers with deadly consequences.

In an effort to pinpoint the most dangerous intersections in Lake County and Porter County, Indiana, the Indiana Department of Transportation has released a report outlining the city’s most dangerous intersections and how they can be made safer in the future. After naming the most dangerous intersections, IDOT hopes to invest money into improving the intersections with lights, better signage, roadwork – or whatever improvements might reduce the number of future serious injuries and deaths at the crossings. In addition, adding traffic law enforcement in the areas surrounding the dangerous intersections is another way to reduce speed and increase awareness, traffic experts say.

In some cases, however, intersections showed high rates of car accidents and car accident injuries because they were under construction. Intersections that have been altered or that have restricted lanes can confuse drivers or cause accidents when drivers do not reduce their speed.

For Vale Park Road, Indiana officials want to construct an overpass over Highway 49 that would stop the vast majority of Indiana car accidents in that area. In the meantime, Indiana highway authorities have changed the sequence of lights at the intersection and installed solar paneled warning flashers that alter drivers to the approaching danger.

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