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Concrete traffic roundabout for small intersections, but heavy traffic

Markt Wendelstein is a Franconian community in Germany located close to Nuremberg, through which the Sperbersloher Street runs with many intersections. “The right-of-way regulations were not entirely clear to the general public,” describes Willibald Hierl, head of the technical building department of Markt Wendelstein, the initial situation. This led not only to traffic jams during rush hour, but caused minor accidents as well. To remedy the situation, the Markt community built three roundabouts, the last of which, completed in 2013, of concrete.

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