One example of a shovel-ready project is the Gallows Road-Lee Highway intersection in the notoriously traffic-clogged suburbs of Northern Virginia outside Washington, D.

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According to the Federal Highway Administration, almost two-thirds of all highway fatalities are categorized as "road departures, " as opposed to intersection or pedestrian accidents, an indication of tired drivers veering out of their lanes or off the road altogether.

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