Patent ID: 6696977
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A freeway interchange traffic rerouting control system comprising:(a) a plurality of motorized, radio-controlled gates, each having a barrier arm movable between a raised disposition and a lowered, traffic-blocking disposition, a first pair of said plurality of gates having barrier arms adapted to span first and second entrance ramps of said freeway when in their lowered disposition and a second pair of said plurality of gates having barrier arms adapted to span oppositely directed freeway driving lanes when in their lowered disposition, the second pair of gates being positioned immediately downstream of a pair of freeway exit ramps; and (b) a control center having an INTERNET connection to a communications server for permitting authorized persons to cause predetermined signals to be transmitted by the radio transmitter to said plurality of radio-controlled gates for controlling the movement of the barrier arms between their raised and lowered disposition.