SDITE Officers
Wilmington Trivia
Geometric Highway Design
Traffic Bowl References
Statistics
100

This is the SDITE Secretary/Treasurer.

What is Mark Herman? 

100

Much like the Brooklyn Bridge is synonymous with New York, this bridge serves as an icon of Wilmington. It was dedicated in 1969 and cost $15 million – at the time “the single largest money appropriation in the State of North Carolina…in one place

What is the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. 

100

This is a circular intersection type where drivers travel counterclockwise around a center island with yielded entry. 

What is a roundabout?

100

This is the number of volumes in the 6th Edition of the Highway Capacity Manual. 

What is Three? 

100

RTM

What is Regression-to-the-Mean?

200

This is the SDITE Vice President. 

What is Noel (Chris) Kirby?

200

This dense, often low and sprawling shrub, is cousin to the rhododendron and mountain laurel, and has been celebrated in Wilmington since 1948

What is the showboat?

200

Also known as a continuous flow intersection (CFI), at this intersection type left turning drivers must cross over the opposing through movement at a location prior to the major intersection

What is a Displaced Left-Turn Intersection (DLT)

200

This is the name of the ITE website that references material on ITE leadership, governance, and structure. 

What is www.ite.org

200

EB

What is Empirical Bayes? 

300

This is the SDITE President

What is Lindsay Walker? 
300

This storm event was a first for Wilmingtonians in 1989 and by some dubbed a miracle!

What is a rare coastal snowstorm? 

300

In this type of three leg intersection, one direction on the major road has a continuous flow of traffic, while the other direction is controlled by a signal. 

What is a Continuous Green T Intersection?

300

This reference, only accessible by ITE members, took the place of the 7th Edition of the Transportation Engineering Handbook in December 2022. 

What is the Traffic Wiki? 

300

IRR

What is Internal Rate of Return?

400

This is the SDITE International Director

What is Becky Rogers? 

400

While maybe best known for his song referencing Georgia, this pioneer of Southern Rock was born in Wilmington, NC

Who is Charlie Daniels? 

400

Sometimes referred to as a superstreet or J-turn intersection, this intersection does not allow left turns or through movements from the side street. 

What is a Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT)

400

This is the number of books within the Ontario Traffic Manuals published by the Ontario Traffic Council

What is 19?

400

MARR

What is Minimum Attractive Rate of Return?

500

This is the SDITE District Administrator

What is Craig Hanchey
500

This famous (maybe infamous) plant only grows naturally within about a 70-mile radius around Wilmington. 

Venus Flytrap

500

This intersection type alters drivers left-turn ability on both the primary roadway and side street while allowing both main and side streets to make the through movement. 

What is a Median U-Turn (MUT)?

500
We are currently on the 4th Edition of the Transportation Planning Handbook. This is the year the first Transportation Planning Handbook was released by ITE. 

What is 1970?

500

BCR

What is Benefit/Cost Ratio?

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