Page’s Corner Intersection Work in Dunbarton

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) will be installing additional stop signs and road markings at the Page’s Corner intersection in Dunbarton on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.  The work is weather dependent and will require short duration lane closures between 9 am and 3 pm.
 
This work is being done as an interim measure in advance of a programmed Ten-Year Plan intersection improvement project. The goal of this work is to improve overall driver safety while also reducing motor vehicle collisions and driver confusion. The current three-way stop configuration at the intersection of NH Route 77 and NH Route 13 in Dunbarton, commonly known as “Page’s Corner”, will be converted to an all-way stop configuration.
  
Local road users should see a portable message board notifying them of the imminent change in the traffic pattern.  The message board will remain for approximately one month after the all-way stop is implemented to emphasize the change.  Other changes will include the addition of two new STOP signs for the NH Route 13 southbound approach, each supplemented with “NEW” panels to improve recognition of the new regulation, along with swapping the existing yellow flashing beacon with a red beacon and applying new STOP line pavement markings.  Existing supplemental plaques indicating “OPPOSING TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP” or “TRAFFIC FROM RIGHT (LEFT) DOES NOT STOP” will be replaced with “ALL WAY” plaques.  “ALL WAY” plaques will also be added to the new STOP signs for the NH Route 13 southbound approach.
   
The Federal Highway Administration and Roadway Safety Foundation recognizes all-way stop intersection conversions as effective “lifesaving projects”, with data showing a significant decrease in motor vehicle fatalities and serious injuries at rural intersections.